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Tribe of Icicles

2006-11-19T20:33:00.000-05:00

As promised, here is an article. An article is all it is, no stats, but I should have some stats by Tuesday.

The Tribe of Icicles is a tribe of many force sensitives on the planet of Kashelaari. They are generaly outcast by both the Imperial and Non-Imperial Groups on the planet, and live in exile in ice caves. Although they usually keep their distance from society, when they meet, it turns nasty. They frequently use Dark Side Alchemy to modify themselves, captives, and native creatures, most notably the Hotim. Those captured by the Icicles never come out the same again. They are almost always used as test subjects for new modifications they are testing out. The Hotims are fierce enough creatures to begin with, but after the Tribe of Icicles changes them, they are way beyond fierce, some would even say sentient.

Happy Birthday!

2006-11-09T16:53:00.000-05:00

On this November 9th, 2006, I am pleased to say "Happy Birthday," to Star Wars Roleplaying Resources! After 365 days and over 100 articles, the average isn't to bad. I began with an idea to put the Star Wars stats I had created on the internet, and the dream endured. Of course there were lulls, for part of the spring, part of the summer, and the last month, this site has been less active than usual. However, this interest in Star Wars previals. For someone to have the still find enjoyment in this game, when their real life group has died long ago, for this long really is a testement to the Star Wars Roleplaying Community. Without the Holonet, I probably would have slipped out long ago.
Now today, is the beginning of a new chapter in the life of this site, and I have no escuse for not finding time to post at least once a week. About a month ago, we recieved 20+ starship submissions, and I have even been neglecting putting those up. I have renewed my commitment to this site and will continue posting again!
However, before I close today, a call for help. If you enjoy the Star Wars Roleplaying Game as much as us here, then why don't you join the team. We are looking for an enthusastic group of people to assist in the maintainance of this site. There are articles waiting to be written. If interested, please contact me.

Planetary Postcard: Kashelaari

2006-10-13T15:58:00.000-04:00

Visit far away planets in the Star Wars Roleplaying Resources exclusive feature, Planetary Postcard! As you explore the galaxy in this feature, remember, wish you were here!

Kashelaari
Planet Type: Terrestrial
Climate: Cold, Subartic
Terrain: Tundra, Snow fields, Cold Plains
Atmosphere: Breathable
Gravity: 1.04 (Standard)
Diameter: 3500km
Length of Day: 21 standard hours
Length of Year: 483 local days
Sentient Species: Human
Languages: Basic
Population: 328,227,243
Species Mix: Human 99.9%
Government: Galactic Empire / Prime Minister
Major Exports: Services
Major Imports: Manufactured Goods
System/Star Name: Kashin

Kashelaari is a small planet covered primarily with snow fields and snow covered mountains. It is known for its extremely charismatic Prime Minister and its predatorial indigenous species.
The Imperial Presence is small on world. They have all sorts of building in the official capital city, Emporia. Stormtroopers may roam some streets in other local cities but it is unlikely. The planet is used as a minor Snow trooper training location. Most times the Imperial-Kashel relationships are friendly. The Imperial government doesn't enforce useless laws to enrage the people. Instead they worry about taxes, etc. They truthfully want the Prime Minister dead for thier purposes, but the Prime Minister has sway over most of the inhabitants, including some of the Imperials.

There is more coming on this planet. In the upcoming articles, you will meet the prime minister as well as indepth looks at both capital cities, the Imperial Capital of Emporia, and the Kashel capital of Viciton

All the Bases

2006-10-12T06:41:00.000-04:00

In this article, I'm going to give you three things. A ship, some weapaons, and a character.

Craft:
Modified Incom W-23 Star hauler
Class:
Transport
Cost:
n/a
Size:
Medium (82 m long)
Crew:
Skilled +4 (2 pilots, 6 gunners plus Pilot droid)
Passengers:
100 (soldiers)
Cargo Capacity:
10,000 metric tons
Consumables:
3 month
Hyperdrive:
X3
Maximum Speed:
Attack
Defense:
20 (+10 armor, +0 size)
Shield Points:
50
Hull Points:
400
DR:
12(if you use the RCR then the DR is 24)
Weapon:
Light Turbolasers (2 fire linked)
         Fire Arc:
Front
         Attack Bonus:
+11
         Damage:
4D10X5
         Range Modifiers:
PB +0, S +0, M -2 L n/a

Weapon:
Heavy Concussion Missle Launchers (2 fire linked)
         Fire Arc:
Front
         Attack Bonus:
+13
         Damage:
10D10X5
         Range Modifiers:
PB +0, S +0, M -2 L n/a (+10 guidance System)
Weapon:
Light Lasers (4 fire linked)
         Fire Arc:
Turret
         Attack Bonus:
+9
         Damage:
6D10X2
         Range Modifiers:
PB +0, S +0, M/L n/a

Weapon:
Light Laser Cannons (2 Fire linked)
         Fire Arc:
Turret
         Attack Bonus:
+9
         Damage:
5D10X2
         Range Modifiers:
PB +0, S +0, M/L n/a

Weapon:
Medium Concussion Missle launchers (2 Fire linked)
         Fire Arc:
Front Right Left
         Attack Bonus:
+11
         Damage:
6D10X5
         Range Modifiers:
PB +0, S +0, M -2 L n/a
Weapon:
Light Ion Cannons (5 on turret)
         Fire Arc:
Turret
         Attack Bonus:
+9
         Damage:
Special
         Range Modifiers:
PB +0, S +0, M/L n/a

Plasma torch boardin Device

Pirates have a reputation for converting old rusty hulks into formidible (or just passible) starships. This particular specimen was modified from an ancient Incom W-23 Star hualer. The pirates "accuired" this from a wealthy merchant. It was in much worse condition when the "accuired" it. They got to work, thickening the hull, and repairing the shield damage they did. The hull is stronger, but the shield generator never really recovered from the pirates attack. They added on multiple weapon systems, and a plasma boarding device. (You may find rules for plasma boarding devices in TAUCHISS'S SHIPS)

Next, a NPC, likely to be leading a swoop gang.

Darren Jads, Male Human Noble7/Fringer 3
Age:17 Gender: M
Weight: 64kg Height: 1.6m
Eyes: Blue Hair: Black Skin: Pale
Str: 10
Dex: 18
Con: 14
Int: 14
Wis: 14
Cha: 15

Vitality: 55 http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=476280
Wounds: 14
Defense: 21
Speed: 10m
Base Attack Bonus: +7/+2
Melee: +7/+2
Ranged: +11/+6
Reputation: +2
Initiative: +8
SQ: Jury Rig +2, Barter, Favour +3, Co-ordinate+1, Resource Access, Inspire Confidince.

Fortitude: +5
Reflex: +6
Will: +6

Attacks: +11/+6 Melee (2d8+4 19-20 Vibro rapier), +11/+6 Ranged (3d6 Blaster Pistol)

Skills:
Pilot +22
Computer Use +12
Diplomacy +15
Disguise +15
Appraise +12
Craft: Swoops +15
Knoledge: Streetwise +15
Proffesion: Swoop Racer +15
Sense Motive +12
Repair +11

Languages: Basic, Mon Calamari, Ryl
Feats: Mimic, Weapon finesse (Vibro Rapier), WGP Vibro Weapons, Simple Weapons, Blaster Pistols, Skill emphasis: Pilot, Improved Initiative, Quick Draw, Spacer Noble WGP’s, Fringer WGP’s

Equipment: Blast Helmet, Vest (DR2), Sling (Concealed as Belt), 10 Bullets (Concealed as Buttons), Knife (Assembled from ornaments on cloths), Jump Boots, Mobquet Overracer (Painted Red and Gold, but it can change to Black if needed, Has laser removed, but the tip is sharpened. If you want a picture go to pg 73 of the AEG) Soru Sub Personal Com, DCD Personal Coder, 3 ration packs, 40m synth rope+winch.

Backround: Darren Jads was born rich. His father owned a Multi Planetary swoop buisness, while his mother was distantly related to the lords of the expanse. Assassination attemps are common on wealthy people, and Darren learned to always be prepared, and to carry weapons even a Jedi would overlook. When he was 15, Darren began to swoop race. He was good at it, and was a smart driver. He carried voice activated Jump boots, incase he needed to get off his swoop in a Hurry. Darrens parents didn’t know about his hobby, until his own father approached him (although, his father didn’t know it was him, as Darren always raced disguised) with a sponsorship offer. His dad was angry Darren hadn’t told him about his new hobby, but gave Darren his blessing, as long as he stayed away from drugs. Darrens father, who was once a swoop racer, now helps his son learn to race better. Darren always races disquised as a poor person, not wanting to be shunned as a “Rich Boy.”

Adventure hook: Darren went missing, and his father offers a reward under the prentence of getting his best driver back. The PC's must figure out who took him, and why. The fathers lack of honesty will be a serious stumbling block.

Weapons:

Bolter
Model: Imperial Armour bolter
Weapon Type: Kinetic, explosive
Proficiency: Slugthrowers
Multifire/Autofire: M
Size: M
Ammo: Explosive rounds(OR special, see below)
Cost: NAFS
Range Increment: 30m
Critical: 20
Damage: 4d6+2
Break DC: 18
WP: 5

An advanced slugthrower, with durasteel tiped rounds that penetrate, then detonate.

Special rounds:

Helfire:
Adds +1 to damage, affects all within one square

Frag:
-3 to damage, affects all within two squares

Stalker:
-2 to damage, silenced (DC 15 listen check)

Kraken:
3d6+2 damage, ignores 2 points of DR

Inferno Bolt:
adds one extra d6 of damage against infantry, subtracts d6 of damage against vehicles.

Heavy bolter
Model: Imperial Armour Heavy Bolter
Weapon Type: Kinetic and Explosive
Proficiency: Heavy weapons
Multifire/Autofire: A
Size: L
Ammo: Belt Feed explosive rounds (Or Hellfire, see below)
Cost: NAFS
Range Increment: 50m
Critical: 20
Damage: 5d10+3
Break DC: 25
WP: 10
Special: May only be fired in Autofire, design reduces the strain from this by the same as E-Web. However if not properly braced, penalty's as normal.

The heavy bolter is to the bolter as the E-web is to the blaster. It hurts more and fires faster.

Hellfire
+2 Damage, Affects all within two squares

Misc. Ships

2006-10-06T06:56:00.000-04:00

First off I have a ship my party used once.

Ivory Stone

Craft:
Guardian Light Cruiser
Class:
Space Transport
Cost:
NAFS
Size:
Small
Crew:
Unique (+16)
Manuevers:
+17 (+1 Size, +12 Crew)
Cargo Capacity:
112 tons
Consumables:
4 months
Maximum Speed:
Ramming
Defense:
22
Shield Points:
100
Hull Points:
200
DR:
15
Weapon:
Light Turbolaser
         Fire Arc:
Turret
         Attack Bonus:
+11
         Damage:
3D10X5
         Range Modifiers:
PB +0, S +0, M -2 L n/a
Weapon:
Heavy Concussion Missle launcher
         Fire Arc:
turret
         Attack Bonus:
+13 (+2 for missle lock)
         Damage:
9D10X5
         Range Modifiers:
PB +0, S +0, M -2, L n/a
Weapon:
Light Concussion Missle launcher
         Fire Arc:
turret
         Attack Bonus:
+9 (+2 for missle lock)
         Damage:
8D10X2
         Range Modifiers:
PB +0, S/M/L n/a
Weapon:
Proton Torpedo Launchers (2 fire linked)
         Fire Arc:
Front
         Attack Bonus:
+15
         Damage:
10D10X2
         Range Modifiers:
PB +0, S/M/L n/a
Weapon:
heavy Laser Cannons (2 fire linked)
         Fire Arc:
Front
         Attack Bonus:
+15
         Damage:
7D10X2
         Range Modifiers:
PB +0, S +0, M/L n/a

It can still be seen wandering the Galaxy, crewed by a Ceraan, Itorian, and Sullustian.

Adventure Hooks:

-The empire have posted a bounty on the crew, and the PC's must hunt them down!

-The crew has had there ship impounded and offer the PC's a large sum of money. When they get their ship back, they pay as promised. when the PC's try and use the credits, the Imperial's throw them in jail for defacing currency.

Next the empire's most top secter ship project.

Class: Yrall Station Defence Gunship
Cost: 5.146 M
Size: Fine (3m)
Initiative: +14 (+6 Crew, +8 Size)
Crew: 1 (Highly Skilled +6)
Passengers: 0
Cargo Capacity: 110kg
Consumables: 3 Days
Hyperdrive: x6 (Meant for insystem only)
Maximum Speed: Ramming (Excellent (+4))
Maneuvers: +18 (+6 Crew, +8 Size, +4 engine Quality)
Defense: 28 (+8 Size +10 Armour)
Hull Points: 120
Shield Points: 350
DR: 10
Weapon: Turbolaser
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus: +28 (+6 Crew, +8 Size, +4 engine Quality, +8 FC, +2 Synergy)
Damage: 7d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB-2, S-4, M-6, L-8
Weapon: Medium Turbolaser
Fire Arc: Rear
Attack Bonus: +28 (+6 Crew, +8 Size, +4 engine Quality, +8 FC, +2 Synergy)
Damage: 5d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB-2, S-4, M-6, L-8
Special: Hypertransiver

Designed to be produced in EXREMELY SMALL numbers, to defend key site's, such as the Death Star, or the emporer's personal shuttle. It's size and Manoverability make it almost impossible to hit. It also specializes in taking on bigger ship's, such as Corellian Corvettes. It has a huge amount of Shields and firepower for it's size, and can take on whole squadrons of starfighters. If ever a squadron or wing is assembled, then they would be a very large force to reckon with.

Class: Weyas Class Station Defence Destroyer
Cost: 5.789M
Size: Tiny (12m)
Initiative: +10 (+8 Crew, +2 Size)
Crew: 2 (Expert +8)
Passengers: 0
Cargo Capacity: 1 MT
Consumables: 2 Weeks
Hyperdrive: x3
Maximum Speed: Ramming
Maneuvers: +11 (+8 Crew, +2 Size, +1 engine quality)
Defense: 27 (+15 armour, +2 Size)
Hull Points: 150
Shield Points: 350
DR: 10
Weapon: Assault Concussion Missle Launcher (Two Fire Linked, 30 Missles Each)
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus: +21 (+8 FC, +1 Engine quality, +8 crew, +2 Synergy, +2 Size)
Damage: 11d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB+0, S-2, ML NA
Weapon: Turbo Quadlasers
Fire Arc: Turret
Attack Bonus: +19 (+8 FC, +1 Engine quality, +8 Crew, +2 Size)
Damage: 6d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB+0, S-2, M-4, L-6
Weapon:Turbolaser cannon
Fire Arc: front
Attack Bonus: +21 (+8 FC, +1 Engine quality, +8 Crew, +2 Synergy, +2 Size)
Damage: 2d10x5
Range Modifiers:PB+0, S-2, M-4, L-6

Built along the same lines as there smaller cousin, this is intended as a bomber version, and carries two people. enemy's who've faught it and survived (Unlikely) refer to it as a "pocket Victory Destroyer." It's payload of 30 concussion missiles makes whoever's fighting it have a really, really bad day!!! It also pack's a powerful turret to protect it from enemy fighters. It's armor is even better than Yrall's, and it's shields are just as good.

From the Pantry: Dorian Passion Fruit Pie

2006-10-02T14:38:00.000-04:00

From the Pantry, an exclusive Star Wars Roleplaying Resources feature is here! Let the food and drink expert show you how to spice up parties or cantinas with exotic, interesting, and different food and drinks from around the galaxy.

Dorian Passion Fruit Pie
Dorian Passion Fruit Pie (Food)
Cost: 3 credits
Profession (Cook) DC: 12
Game Rules: Beginning one hour after consumption and lasting for two hours, the consumer gains a +2 bonus to all dexterity based skills. Also, anyone using charisma based skills on the consumer during this time gains a +4 bonus.
Time: 45 minutes

Dorian Passion Fruit has a strange ability to making people feel more open, and others can often get people to open up, divulge secrets, or even trick them. It also makes the consumers more steady in their work.

I generally don't like posting From the Pantry Articles too often, especially twice in a row, but I am currently working on a new planet, and I don't have enough done for this week. As my fantasy football quote says, "There's always next week..."

Blue Lightning

2006-09-30T08:02:00.000-04:00

This is my fanfic, also featured on SWRPG network. Hope you enjoy.

Blue Lightning

The Cruiser Crushing Grip sat in the center of the isolated system. Thousands upon thousands of light years from Coruscant, and the emperor's throne, the system was lucky to even have a Carrack class light cruiser. But soon they would have a star destroyer, a small fleet even, but that comes later.
The long range sensor gave a sudden blip and the ensign at the post paled. ”What is it?” demanded the aging captain. The captain was human as imperial protocol required of many of that rank. He was just past sixty and gray was beginning to creep into his temples. He had a proud regal chin and sharp features, but his most prominent feature was his eyes, so pale green they were almost white. They had a piercing gaze and it was with this he held the ensign.
“Report !” said the captain.
“Sir” said the ensign “I had a new sensor contact at the fringe of the system, it just disappeared but it was larger than a star destroyer. It was roughly circular. Computers have a ninety percent chance of an old droid control ship.”
“Where did it go?” asked the captain.
“Eighty-five percent possibility of it coming out of hyperspace within three thousand klicks from here.”
“Sith..., emperor's bla..., darn it” said the captain he tried to swear things that would get him demoted. He stopped right in time. The droid control ship had come out of hyperspace right on top of his ship. Immediately the bridge became chaotic, with dozens of voice competing with each other and wailing klaxons for prominence.
“SILENCE!” roared the captain's amplified voice. Silence was immediate.
“Sir?” said a questioning voice “Com message, in full holo too”
“Put it on” said the captain. A five eyed alien with a long face and a human body came into view right in front of the captain.
“Surrender your ship now” said the alien “and I will not have to take it by force.”
“An Imperial commander never surrenders” said the captain. Then to his gunnery officer he said “blast this.... thing out of space. “And Launch all TIE’s.” Before the officers could relay the order. What looked like waves of blue slammed into the shield.
Before even half had hit the shield, it imploded. waves of blue energy slammed into the Carrack. Every console on the bridge explode enveloping it in a lethal storm of shrapnel that instantly killed half the bridge crew. Other secondary explosions rocked the ship. Through the viewport the captain saw a huge barge. It fired several times and the captains ears popped. He heard the sounds of metal feet on metal deck and then fainted from loss of air pressure.
- - -

He awakened in a cold cell he felt the vibrations of a ships engines. He smelt something sweet and fainted again.
- - -

He awoke tied to high backed chair. Across from him was the alien he’d seen on the Holo transmission. He was flanked by two droids, with red markings, and 4 droids with yellow markings guarded the door. he looked down at his arm and saw a needle sticking in, connected to an IV. The alien spoke “Yes, you will tell us what we want no matter what”
“I’ll... Never .... Betray... The... Empire” the captain moaned.
“I’m afraid that that choice has already been made for you” countered the alien.

- - -

The sessions of interrogation blurred together until they became a black hole, which sucked the captains mind into it. By that time he’d told the Ion league all they needed to know.

- - -

They were called the Ion League. An organized Pirate Organization/Government they planned to rule the galaxy. Their rule would only be slightly better than the empires, but they were a long way from that goal. At this time their fleet consisted of

One droid control ship and associated craft

4 Carrack

3 Core systems dreadnoughts

6 Quaser Fire bulk carrier (Hanger version)

2 Republic assault ships and associated craft

2 Victory Star destroyers and associated craft

6 Marauder corvettes

2 Dreadnoughts

6 Corellian corvettes

4 Nebulan-B’s

The majority were modified to include many Ion cannons. These 35 capital ships carry 8 wings of 72 manned fighters, and 1500 droid fighters.

It was from the droid control ship, the flagship of the Ion league that Drakeil, the leader of the ion league sat. They were approaching the world the carrack was guarding, still undetected. They had been lucky really, catching the Carrack at the star of an extended patrol, so its absence wouldn’t be noticed. Suddenly the comm came to life.
“Unidentified fleet please state your purpose”
To his comm officer Drakeil said “Triangulate that signal”
To the government official he said “We have come to... Liberate the planet”
The official paled.
“Signal triangulated” Said the comm officer
“Signal the core system dreadnoughts to fire” Drakeil said. The CSD’s were over a thousand years old, but were still powerful in their retrofitted form, these weren’t to be mistaken for the more recent type of dreadnought, such as that, that made up the Katana fleet. These were blocky and among other things had been retrofitted with planetary ion cannons.
The transmission ended abruptly in static.
“Commence bombardment on spaceports and major population centers, Ion only” waves of blue began hammering the planet below
- - -

Bodies. Odor. Death. Shattered skeletons of once proud buildings. Piles of fused metal. Planetary scale ion cannons could kill, could destroy. Most buildings were however intact, though less that 1% of the planet had power. Rescue crews were nonexistent, Militia members and partisans rarer. Death and enemy soldiers ruled.

- - -

In the months that followed, the survivors wished they’d perished. Forced labour camps were everywhere, resistance was futile. The majority of the work was at the shipyards, expanding them, and using them to build. In the following six months, the ion league extended it influence to a dozen worlds. Ships were being made, at a fevered pace. The Ion League’s first original design had been produced seven times, a ship a hundred meters in length, sporting a single planetary ion cannon, and four laser cannon turrets.
- - -

It was 1600m long. It carried 60 turbolasers, 60 ion cannons, and 10 tractor beam projectors. Soon it would carry 140 Ion cannons and 10 tractor beams. In its massive hold five squadrons of Twin Ion Engine starfighters, and a single squad of TIE/GT fighters rested. It was flanked by two other ships, with the same wedge design though considerably smaller. All three bridge’s were a riot of noise. Captain Fre Horat stared at the data projected on the bridge of his flagships, [I]The Eviscerater[/I] It showed his escort's, the victory star destroyers [I]Disembolwer[/I] and [I]Iron Fist[/I]. He was talking with the captains. “Zsinj cover my starboard, Har my port.”
“Multiple enemy contacts jumping into system.” Said the gravely voiced and warty faced sensor operator. “I count two victory star destroyers, two republic assault ships, two dreadnoughts, three CS dreadnoughts, three Quasar Fire starfighter haulers, and on droid control ship. Also four contacts of unknown type.” The sensor officer stayed calm, despite the fact that the enemy had around three times the strength of the task force. An alien’s face appeared on the screen. He was the same alien that had captured a carrack cruiser four months ago. He was Drakeil, Leader of the Ion League. “Admiral this area of space is now mine. stand down, and prepare to be boarded.”
Fre laughed “Alien scum! The Emperor will have you killed. Your partly fleet will never prevail!” to his comm expert he said “Send the report to Imperial Center. I want the Emperor advised on the situation!”
The alien smiled. The Admiral grimaced at the display of teeth. “Oh, can it smash our partly fleet?”
A blue wave slammed into the bridge of the ship with no warning. Everyone's hairs stood up on end, and multiple consoles exploded. The ship shook as a wave of blue hit the auxiliary bridge. The lights dimmed as one hit the main reactor, then promptly failed as one hit the auxiliary. The artificial gravity wavered, then became barely noticeable. The hiss of the life support stopped. Fer saw his escorts in similar circumstances. “Get a team set up to repel boarding. NOW!!!” He shouted at his crew. “Use personal comlinks if you have to.”
“Yes, sir!” came a voice.
Fer smiled. they would have trouble boarding now.
“And tell engineering that I want power restored NOW!!!”
He was suprised at lack of response, but he saw that all the bridge crew were openmouthed, looking out the window. He turned and saw a single assault transport. It fired. The shards of class from the viewpoint exploded inwards, then outwards. The transport drew up to the broken view port, and extended a its docking arms. Before all the air had left their was a tight seal. Nothing happened. He waited for a few minutes before he had trouble thinking. his vision began to gray, before he understood. There wasn’t enough air!!! He tried to hold on but couldn’t. he spiraled into unconsciousness.
- - -

When he awoke, he saw his sensor officer, and the alien from the transmission. Both were smiling.

From the Pantry: Honeycrust

2006-09-27T15:31:00.000-04:00

Honeycrust
Honeycrust (Food)
Cost: 2 credits
Profession (Cook) DC: 10
Game Rules: One hour after consumption, +2 vitality points are restored. Sugar effects: for one hour times the number of sugar effect drinks or foods consumed add +1 to all STR based skills and -1 to all DEX based skills.
Time: 45 minutes

A form of sweetbread popular in the mid and outer rim worlds.

Casualties of Peace (Part 2)

2006-09-26T21:16:00.000-04:00

Here's the history of the ship I posted two weeks ago.

I can't say this is my best work. But I'm not totally disgusted by it. I hope you enjoy.

Day One: The Start.

"Okay, gentlemen, we've just received an order from the Republic for a new VIP shuttle," started the manager of the Corellian Engineering Corporation's Starship Design, Xavier Sleynic, "it's job will be to carry diplomats and other heads of state in these times of war, with little or no escort. Now, I know what you're all thinking, why are we getting a project from the Republic during a war. Well, they want this ship to look like every other light freighter out there, so who else is better at making a ship of that class then us?"

A muffled laugh fills the room.

Sleynic continued, "This ship needs to be faster than a normal freighter, and pack a little more fire power for those extra sticky situations, but it can't look like it has either. Any questions?"

"Why did they choose us for this project?" asked Zak Laryn, a specialist with Nav Computers and Astromech droid ports.

"Well, it is unusual for the Republic to come to us in a time of war, since our ships can't compete with the other big names in the business in terms of fire-power. But they want a ship that can travel incognito and rely on stealth more than brute force, for diplomatic missions throughout the Galaxy. Along with these ships for the Republic they also request we build a lesser model that looks just like it for public use. I know it's a tough order, but I think we're up for it. Now, if there aren't any more questions, I suggest you all get started. Any information you may need you'll find in your Inbox. I want all preliminary designs on my desk in 30 days. So that we can put all our efforts behind one design after that. All right guys, begin."

The room empties out rather quickly, everyone seems excited about working on this project. It's been a while since they'd recieved a request for a ship. Corellians are known for loving a challenge, especially when it has to do with space.

Day Twelve: An Idea is Formed.

"So what design are you working on Druye?" Zak asked.

"I'm working on the maneuvering systems for Gyun's design, the one with the wing on the front. This ship is going to be a monster. The front wing adds a dimension of manueverability we've never seen before. The wing is going to have maneuvering jets for while in space, but the wing will do the work while in the atomsphere," replied Druye.

"Could a pilot really handle all that maneuverability on their own?" Zak queried.

"It's likely most pilots wouldn't be able to use it's full potential," Druye said bragging about his masterpiece, "it's that good."

"What about a computer? Would a computer be able to bring out the ships full potential?"

Zak said pressing the matter further.

"It's possible if the computer was fast enough, and well versed in the systems of the ship. But even then, there's no gurantees." Druye continued.

"Ok."

"Ok? What do you mean, Ok?" Druye said, actually sounding worried now.

"Well, I've been looking for something to do, and now it seems I have something that I can throw pass Xavier and get to work on."

"Wait, wait, wait. You're going to build a computer to fly this ship?"

"It won't fly it all the time, it'll be there for assistance and emergencies. Is there anything wrong with that?"

"..."

Day Thirteen: The Pitch.

"But, sir, I'm not proposing that S.O.N.Y.A. fly the ship all the time. Her piloting algorythm's would be an option that could be turned on when needed." Zak argued. "The guys working on the manuevering capabilities told me that most pilots wouldn't be able to use this craft to it's full potential. Wouldn't it be convenient to always have a pilot on board that could? I'm sure the Republic would be ethusiastic about such a proposition. She would also reduce the number of people needed to run the ship too, since she would be able to control most ship functions."

"Alright, Mr. Laryn, I'll run your idea past the Customer, and get back to you by the end of the day."

An hour later.

"Zak Laryn, report to Mr. Sleynic's office at once."

knock knock

"Come in."

"You wanted to see me, sir."

"Sonya, had better be able to do what you promise, Laryn," Xavier said has he lobbed a datapad at Zak, "now get to work!"

Zak didn't need to be told a second time, he was quickly out the door and back on his way to his station. Integrating Sonya into the systems of the ship would take a good deal of time, and Zak wasn't about to let anyone down.

Day Thirty: Plans take shape.

"All right, so 30 days is up, and it appears everyone has come to endorse Gyun's design. There is a small catch though. As I'm sure most of you know, Zak Lyran came to me with an idea, which I passed on to the customer. They approved it with great enthusiasm and would like to see it operational in the prototype. It'll be an On-Board Navigation and Piloting Computer. It'll be linked into all of the ships systems and controls for use as an emergency pilot. I know this is going to put a little extra burden on each of you, but I have to agree with Zak, it'll make this project all the better. So, we need to work out any kinks this ship will have while it's still on paper and then get a working prototype built. I'd like to see that done in the next 70 days. Does anyone think that won't be possible?" Xavier asked the room. He was answered by silence. "Good, let's get to work then. The ship will be in constructed in Docking Bay 144. Let's make this right, guys." With that, Xavier left the room, for he knew what was about to happen.

After Xavier left the room, everyone in it looked at Zak distainfully.

Zak stood up. "What? I saw an oppurtunity to make a difference and went for it." Zak said in an attempt to defend himself. "Droids are just as capable at flying as anybody, and are better in many ways because they don't get tired or fatigued. The Separatists are using droids to pilot, so why not us?"

Day Sixty: Lessons Begin

Still drowsy from last night, Zak entered his work room holding a datapad in one hand and a cup of steaming water in the other.

The night before Zak had finished construction of Sonya's core. He had used two Memory units from R2 units, as well as the most advanced processor he could find. He was making diagrams of how she was constructed so it could be put together in mass quantities if needed. Now came the task of teaching her everything she would need to know to be able to fly and control the ships systems.

"Good Morning, Sonya, can you hear me?"

"Yes, Zak Laryn, I can hear you."

"Just call my 'Laryn,' Sonya. I'm going to hook this datapad up to you, so you can start running simulations on the ship you will be installed in. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Laryn."

"Good, very good."

After Zak hooks his datapad up to her, he reaches for his cup to take a drink.

"Ahh, oh, I forgot to put the tea bag in." Zak then reaches into his shirt pocket and takes out his tea bag for his water.

Day One Hundred: A Simple Twist of Fate.

The prototype of the AT-6 was completed six days before the seventy day deadline set out by the project manager. Everyone except for Zak Laryn was given the remaining days off while he installed Sonya into the ship and began diagnostics and simple testing.

Zak enters the bay where the ship is being held and walks up the ramp into the ship. Again, he's carrying a datapad and a cup of steaming water.

"Good morning, Sonya." says Zak while looking around the ship.

"Good morning, Laryn." Replys the ship's intercomm.

"Are you ready to begin diagnostics, Sonya?"

"Yes, Laryn, I'm ready," says Sonya. Zak goes to take a drink from his cup. "You've forgotten to add the tea bag again, Laryn."

Zak looks down into his cup. "Ahh, thank you, Sonya." He reaches into his breast pocket, but there's no tea bag in it. "I must have left it at my work station. I'll go get it. While I'm gone, I want you to defrag your memory core and check for viruses and out-dated programs. We'll begin the tests when I get back."

Heading back to his work station, Zak runs into Xavier heading for the Docking Bay.

"Ahh good, Zak, I need you to stop working now," starts Xavier.

"Why, what's wrong?"

"Since I know you don't pay attention to the news, I'll fill you in. The war is over, and to insure that the peace stays, the Emperor has reformed the Republic into the First Galatic Empire. Part of the reformation was the cancellation of all of the Republic's contracts. In short, this project has lost it's funding. The people up top, have determined that without the Republic's funding, this project won't turn a profit, so they've decided to scrap it before we get the ship into the production stage." Xavier explains.

"And what's going to happen to the prototype?" Asks Zak, although he already knows the answer.

"It's to be scheduled to be dismantled, immediately, I just called in the rest of the team to begin."

"And Sonya, what about her?"

"Wiped and dismantled," Xavier says coldly. "They want no record of this project to be left."

Zak begins to react before his mind tells him he's making a big mistake. He throws his cup of water into Xavier's face. As Xavier screams and doubles over in pain. Zak then drops his cup and runs for the Docking Bay. Upon arrival, he activates the controls for the doors and runs up the ramp of the ship.

"Laryn, you forgot your cup." Sonya says.

"Raise the ramp, Sonya, we're taking off." Zak commands.

"What is our destination, Laryn?"

"Anywhere but here, now raise the ramp and take off."

The ship flys quickly through the doors and into the dead of space.

"Laryn, the shipyard is hailing us. On speakers now."

"Laryn, damnit, get back here now with that ship!" demands Xavier. "That is CEC property you're stealing."

"I'm not coming back, to watch Sonya be dismantled, she was my creation, and I won't let all that work go to waste." Zak shouts back.

"Then I'm afraid you leave me no choice." Xavier says, with a melancholy sound to his voice.

"Laryn, there are two ships approaching us from the rear. They appear to be two partol ships from the shipyards. They're arming weapons, Laryn."

"Do what you can, Sonya."

Sonya sends the ship down towards Corellia. As the ship descends, the fighters following score a number of hits knocking out the shield generator. They hit the freighter a few more times on the rear quarter.

The chase leads into the mountain regions. Sonya sends the craft weaving in and out of canyons, avoiding the fire from the fighters pursuing them. A stray shot hits the canyon wall near the AT-6 and starts a rock slide down the side of the canyon. Sonya turns the ship laterally to avoid the falling rocks, but a large one strikes the maneuvering fin on the port side, causing the ship to do cart wheels. The pursuing fighters don't pull up in time, and are consumed by the falling rocks.

Sonya compensates for the damaged wing, but not till after the insides of the ship have seen some massive G-forces. Zak was badly injured during the hit from the rocks.

"Laryn, what should I do now?" Sonya asks.

"Yo...u.. You need to," Zak coughs, "hide. There's a big... scrraaap yarrr...d nnnearr wwwhere I g..grew up..." Zak coughs up blood into his hand. He brings up a map of Corellia and marks the location on his datapad. "Ssome...day I..I'm sure ssome one will fffind you and fffixxx y..you, just l..like I would have." Zak's body falls limp.

"Good bye, Zak." Sonya says.

Sonya goes to the location Zak marked and lands as far from the entrance as she can.

"Powering down all systems...." Sonya says as her voice trails off.

Ryan's Hangar: Adz Class Patrol Destroyer

2006-09-23T10:17:00.000-04:00

Submission Saturday: Submitted by Ryan Millman

The Adz-class was conceived as a fast patrol ship for use in the outlying regions of the galaxy, and was introduced shortly after the death of Grand Admiral Thrawn. Capable of making 0.55 past lightspeed and mounting a decent armament, the Adz-class is a highly effective vessel that sees active service primarily in the Imperial Remnant.

Class: ADZ Patrol Destroyer
Cost: Not Available for sale (Estimated 3,604K)
Size: Large (150m long)
Initiative: +3 (-1 size, +4 crew)
Crew: 17-36 (Skilled +4)
Passengers: 8
Cargo Capacity: 204 metric tons
Consumables: 6 months
Hyperdrive: x0.5 (Backup x10)
Maximum Speed (Space): Attack (8 squares/action)
Atmospheric Speed: Not Applicable
Maneuvers: +3 (+4 Crew, -1 Size)
Defense: 19 (+10 armour, -1 Size)
Hull Points: 240
Shield Points: 120
DR: 40
Weapon: Quad Laser Cannons (3) Fire Arc: Front/Right and Front/Left; Attack Bonus +7 (-1 Size, +4 Crew, +4 Fire Control); Damage: 6d10x2; Range Modifiers PB +0, S +0, M +0 L +0.
Weapon: Ion Cannon(3, 2 fire-linked) Fire Arc: Front/Right and Front/Left; Attack Bonus +7 (-1 Size, +4 Crew, +4 Fire Control); Damage: Special; Range Modifiers PB +0, S +0, M +0 L +0.
Hangar Bay: 4 tiny starfighters.

Submission Saturday.
Submitted by Ryan Millman.
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"Trew Aim"

2006-09-21T06:18:00.000-04:00

Class: Trew Aim Bandit Bomber
Cost: 126 500
Size: Tiny
Initiative: +4 (+4 Crew)
Crew: 2 (Skilled +4)
Passengers: None
Cargo Capacity: None
Consumables: 1 Day
Hyperdrive: None
Maximum Speed: Ramming
Maneuvers: +6(+4 Crew, +2 Size)
Defense: 22 (+10 armour, +2 Size)
Hull Points: 150
Shield Points: 90
DR: 10
Weapon: Assault Concussion Missile Launcher (6 Missiles)
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus: +10 (+4 FC, +4 Crew, +2 Size)
Damage: 9d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB+0, S-2, M-4 L NA
Weapon: Assault Laser Cannon
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus:+10 (+4 FC, +4 Crew, +2 Size)
Damage: 7d10x2
Range Modifiers: PB +0, S-2 ML NA
Weapon: Auto Blaster
Fire Arc: Rear
Attack Bonus: +10 (+4 FC, +4 Crew, +2 Size)
Damage: 3d10x2
Range Modifiers: PB+0, S-2 ML NA

The pirate Carrier lacks punch. sure it has many many small concussion missiles, however it really needs a dedicated bomber ship, to take on larger ships that the Bandit fighter just couldn’t destroy, with its limited ammo. so the Bandit Bomber was born. With An assault laser cannon, assault concussion missile launcher and a rear mounted auto blaster this ship is an excellent asset in a dogfight it can tangle it up with both X-wings and Y-wings, as well as tie bombers. Against TIE’s its rear blaster shines. After these came into being, The Bad Boy Carrier Drooped three squads of Bandit Fighters, for three squads of these.

Suprise suprise, These Weren’t made using my Rules!

Now a pilot for one of these.

Nisil Nalas Givin Scout 3
Age: 27 Gender: Male
Weight: 80 KG Height: 1.8m
Eyes: ??? Hair: None Skin: Bone
Str: 10
Dex: 16
Con: 12
Int: 15
Wis: 8
Cha: 8

Vitality: 27
Wounds: 12
Defense: 18 ( +3 Dexterity, +3 Defense Bonus, +2 Natural )
Speed: 10 meters
Base Attack Bonus: +2
Melee: +2 ( +2 BAB )
Ranged: +5 (+2 BAB, +3 Dex)
Reputation: +0
Initiative: +3 (+3 Dexterity)
Fortitude: +3 ( +2 Fort save, +1 Constitution )
Reflex: +5 ( +2 Reflex save, +3 Dexterity )
Will: +1 (+2 Will save, -1 Wisdom )
SQs: DR2, Doesn’t Breath, Can Survive in Vacuum, Calculates Jumps “In Head”, Trailblazing, Heart +1

Attacks: A280: +5 (3d8+3, 19-20); Snap Baton +2 (1d6+1, 20);Unarmed +2 (1d3)

Equipment: A280, Snap Baton, Utility Belt, Datapad, 2250 Creds, Scratch Built explosive (Moderate, 4d6+1), Givin’s Revenge

Skills:
Astrogate: + 14
Computer Use: + 8
Demolitioins + 8
Disguise + 5
Knowledge: Engineering + 12
Pilot: +14
Profession: Military Engineer +9
Repair: +8

Languages: Common, Givin, Verpine

Feats: Starship Operation (Star Fighters), Skill Emphasis (Pilot), Spacer, WPGS: Blaster Rifles, Blaster Pistol, Simple

Nisil was exceptional in Math, even for a Givin, but his other skills made it impossible for him to enter into a monastery, because he was drafted as a pilot into the Givin Home Defense Force. The GHDF was formed after the empire made aggressive actions over the planet with an SSD. When Thrawn began his campaign of terror , he joined the Alliance, and served with Valor at several major battle. After Thrawn were defeated, he transferred to a Spec Ops Squad, were he was their engineering and Demolitioins expert. In a mission Gone wrong, the squadron was decimated, with only three survivors. He was demoted Erroneously, for Poor leadership. Afterwards, he quit the Alliance, and became a pirate. when the new model bomber came out, he just had to try it. As a leader of a wing, his ship is a bit tricked up.

Craft: Givin’s Revenge
Class: Trew Aim Bandit Bomber
Cost: NAFS
Size: Tiny
Initiative: +3 (+3 Crew)
Crew: 1 (Unique)
Passengers: 1
Cargo Capacity: 250 Kg
Consumables: 1 Week
Hyperdrive: x2
Maximum Speed: Ramming (Good +2)
Maneuvers: +18(+14 Crew, +2 Size +2 Engine Quality)
Defense: 22 (+10 armour, +2 Size)
Hull Points: 150
Shield Points: 120
DR: 10
Weapon: Assault Concussion Missile Launcher (10 Missiles)
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus: +15 (+6 FC, +5 Crew, +2 Size, +2 Engine)
Damage: 9d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB+0, S-2, M-4 L NA
Weapon: Heavy Laser Cannon
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus:+15 (+6 FC, +5 Crew, +2 Size, +2 Engine)
Damage: 5d10x2
Range Modifiers: PB +0, S-2 ML NA
Weapon: Light Laser Cannon
Fire Arc: Rear
Attack Bonus: +15 (+6 FC, +5 Crew, +2 Size, +2 Engine)
Damage: 3d10x2
Range Modifiers: PB+0, S-2 ML NA
Weapon: Light Ion Cannon (4 Fire lInked)
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus: +15 (+6 FC, +5 Crew, +2 Size, +2 Engine)
Damage: Special
Range Modifiers: PB+0, S-2

The Givin’s Revenge is an overall improvement over the normal “Trew Aim.” Stronger shields, heavier weapons, better engines. It is a competent assault ship, and many other flight leaders have patterned their ship off it.

Manny being Manny

2006-09-18T14:18:00.000-04:00

Mantell Mercton is yet another character I play on the holonet, this in an upcoming game entitled, "Running the Black." This campaign focuses on a small starship and its crew as it travels throughout the galaxy in order to make ends meet.

Mantell, or “Manny” as he is often called, has lived his whole life on Ord Mantell. Manny always had an interest in the stars, and was very good in science. He desired to be a Starship Engineer. He was accepted to a university on Kuat, where he could major in Engineering. The Kuat University was one of the most prestigious in the galaxy. Unfortunately, Manny’s family was on the lower end of the middle class spectrum, and would be unable to pay for tuition fees even after scholarships. Manny was distraught. His parents offered to pay for the local Community College of Ord Mantell, but Manny knew that the College would not be able to set himself on the right path. Instead, he decided that he would earn his degree on the streets. He would find a starship, and get a job as a spacer for a few years. Over this time he would be able to earn the money to get the Engineering degree and he would learn all about the many components in the starship. Manny hooked up with Armend Trade Enterprises and got a job on the Baba O’Reily. He had been on the ship for about two years. He is Assistant Chief Engineer of the vessel and knows most of the ins and outs. Although Manny still aspires to be a Starship Engineer, he is beginning to think of starting his own small shipping company, or being the captain of another Armend trade Enterprise starship. During his free time, he often drafts starship components on his datapad.

Mantell Mercton: Human Scout 3; Init +2 (Dex); Defense 15 (+3 Class, +2 Dex); Spd 10m; VP/WP 18/11; Atk +3 melee or +4 ranged (3d6, BlasTech Blaster Pistol); SQ Trailblazing, Heart +1; SV Fort +2, Ref +2, Will +4; SZ M; Rep +0; Str 12, Dex 14, Con 11, Int 16, Wis 14, Cha 11.
Equipment: Blaster Pistol, Armend Trade Enterprises Crewman’s Outfit, Datapad, Assortment of Datacards with various literature, games, and designs, Blank Datacards, Holorecorder.
Skills: Astrogate +11, Computer Use +11, Gamble +4, Gather Info +2, Knowledge (Engineering) +12, Pilot +9, Profession (Starship Crewman) +8, Repair +11, Search +8, Sense Motive +4, Spot +6, Survival +6.
Feats: Gearhead, Skill Emphasis (Knowledge [Engineering]), Spacer, Starship Operation (Space Transport), Weapon Group Proficiencies (Simple Weapons, Blaster Pistols, Blaster Rifles).

Revised Starship Rules

2006-09-14T06:44:00.000-04:00

In my post you'll find Four new ships, and a link to a set of rules, created by me, that will allow you to create custom ships.

More of Warlord Zacharius’s Ships

Craft: Trycht Class Anti Starfighter Frigate
Class: Trycht Class Anti Starfighter Frigate
Cost: NAFS
Size: Gargantuan
Initiative: +0 (-4 Size, +4 Crew)
Crew: 1500
Passengers: 1000 (Troops)
Cargo Capacity: 12000MT
Consumables: 2 Years
Hyperdrive: X1.5
Maximum Speed: Cruising
Maneuvers: +0(-4 Size, +4 Crew)
Defense: 16 (+10 armour, -4 Size
Hull Points: 500
Shield Points: 300
DR: 50
Weapon: Heavy Turbolasers (10)
Fire Arc: Full Turret
Attack Bonus: +6(-4 size, +4 crew, +6 fire control)
Damage: 7d10x5
Range Modifiers: -6 PB, -4 S, -2 M, +0 L
Weapon: Heavy Turbolasers (20 PD)
Fire Arc: Full Turret
Attack Bonus: +10 (+6 Fire Control, +4 Crew)
Damage: 7d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB+0 S/M/L NA
Weapon: Medium Turbolasers (30 PD)
Fire Arc: Full Turret
Attack Bonus: +10 (+6 Fire Control, +4 Crew)
Damage: 5d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB+0 S/M/L NA
Weapon: Tractor Beams (4 PD)
Fire Arc: Full Turret
Attack Bonus: +10 (+6 Fire Control, +4 Crew)
Damage: Special
Range Modifiers: PB+0 S/M/L NA

One of the best anti-starfighter frigates in existence. While its weapons may have a hard time hitting smaller ships, It’s fire power for a ship of its type is unmatched. It also isn’t solely an anti-fighter ship, as it has 10 heavy turbo laser turrets, which excel at... discouraging enemy frigate from slipping by bigger ships and attacking it. It also features good shields, and a sturdy hull, in case pilots get to ambitious, or if it needs to hold its own against other capitals for a while.

And for those REALLY BIG battles...

Class: Jacobi Class Assault Cruiser
Cost: Defiantly NAFS
Size: Colossal
Initiative: +0 (+8 Crew, -8 Size)
Crew: 146 000 (Expert+8)
Passengers: 104 000 troops, 25 000 Life Support Maintainers
Cargo Capacity: 500 Million MT
Consumables: Infinite
Hyperdrive: x2 (x10)
Maximum Speed: Cruising
Maneuvers: -2 (+8 Crew, -8 Size, -2 Armour)
Defense: 16 (-8 Size, +14 Armour)
Hull Points: 2000
Shield Points: 500
DR: 70
Weapon: Ravager Of Worlds (256 Fire linked Turbo Lasers) (4)
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus:+6 (+6 Fire Control, +8 crew, -8 size)
Damage: 15d10X5
Range Modifiers: PB-6, S-4 M-2 L+0 Sensor -2
Weapon: 100 Medium Lasers (PD)
Fire Arc: Turret
Attack Bonus: +12(+8 Crew, +4 Fire Control)
Damage: 5d10x2
Range Modifiers: PB+0 SML NA
Weapon: 252 Heavy Turbolasers
Fire Arc: 102 front/left/right, 75 left/back/front, 75 front/right/back
Attack Bonus: +6 (+6 Fire Control, +8 crew, -8 size)
Damage: 7d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB-6, S-4 M-2 L+0
Weapon: 252 Heavy Ion Cannons
Fire Arc: 102 front/left/right, 75 left/back/front, 75 front/right/back
Attack Bonus:+6 (+6 Fire Control, +8 crew, -8 size)
Damage: 7d10x2 (Ion)
Range Modifiers: PB-6, S-4 M-2 L+0
Weapon: 50 Tractor Beams
Fire Arc: Turret
Attack Bonus: +6 (+6 Fire Control, +8 crew, -8 size)
Damage: Special
Range Modifiers: PB-6 S-4 ML NA
Weapon: 40 Heavy Concussion Missile Launchers
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus: +6 (+6 Fire Control, +8 crew, -8 size)
Damage: 9d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB-6 S-4 M-2 L NA
Weapon: 86 Light Concussion Missile Launchers (PD)
Fire Arc: Turrets
Attack Bonus: +16(+8 Crew, +8 Fire Control)
Damage: 8d10x2
Range Modifiers: PB+0 SML NA
Weapon: Destroyer Of Cities (256 Fire-linked heavy Concussion missile launchers)
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus: +8(+8 Crew, +8 Fire Control, -8 Size)
Damage: 17d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB-6, S-4 M-2 L+0 Sensor -2
Special: Carries 96 Starfighter

This ship is brand new, and incredibly deadly. It was designed for taking out large capital ships, such as SSD’s or for assaulting planets using tactics similar to the torpedo spheres. Four weapon mounts jut from the bow. These are the four “Ravagers of Worlds” the weapons that or dwarfed only by the Death Star. These have far better rate of fire, although much less dangerous. In between them its 5th weapon of planetary destruction resides. 256 torpedo Tubes. The firing gap is a between missiles is microsecond, meaning that in just a quarter of a second all missiles have been fired. This allows the ones fired later to take advantage of any holes punched in shields. When they fire together, all four, each cannon has a 4 second recharge rate, meaning that it fires in sequence, than as soon as the last laser has been fired, all the missiles launch. In planetary assault the primary target is often the planetary shields. The lasers break a momentary hole in the shields, and the missiles punch through. Against ships the blast is often aimed at the bridge, and the torpedo’s are rarely fired. Two shots often gets rid of even the most powerful of shields, and the remaining shots slag either the bridge or the shield generators. When facing star destroyers this is an easy choice, the shot is aimed at the bottom of the bridge pedestal. It destroys communications, command, shields and tractor beam aiming. After that it lets louse against the ships main reactor. The enemy is often crippled in 8 seconds, no power, no shields, no communications. It is either destroyed then and their, OR boarded by the large compliment of troops. It also carries a medium number of ships for self defense. It is warlord Zacharius’s Command ship. It was the first built, but now 4 new ones are coming of the line, after tests were such a resounding success. It leads his Personal Command Fleet, which has, In terms of capital Ships, 8 Trycht class frigates, 4 Invincible II warships, 3 Vashke carriers, 3 Tauk Cruisers, 12 ‘Bad Boy’ Carriers And 60 Ossa Gunboats as well as this ship, which he has named the Unrelenting.

Inspiration http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/evn/desktoppics/Thunderforge(1024x768).jpg
Last but not least, a HUGE Carrier

Class: Vashke class assault carrier
Cost: NAFS
Size: Colossal (15 000m)
Initiative: -2 (+6 Crew, -8 Size)
Crew: 100 000 (Highly Skilled +6)
Passengers: 50 000 Troops, 15 000 Life Support Technicians
Cargo Capacity: 30 Million MT
Consumables: Infinite
Hyperdrive: x2 (x10)
Maximum Speed: Cruising
Maneuvers: -2 (+6 Crew, -8 Size)
Defense: 12 (-8 Size, +10 Armour)
Hull Points: 1800
Shield Points: 500
DR: 60
Weapon: Ravager of Worlds (256 Fire-linked turbolasers)
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus: +4(+6 Crew, +6 FC, -8 Size)
Damage: 15d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB-6, S-4 M-2 L+0 Sensor -2
Weapon: 200 Medium Turbolasers (PD)
Fire Arc: Turret
Attack Bonus: +12 (+6 FC, +6 Crew)
Damage: 5d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB+0 SML NA
Weapon: 188 Heavy Turbolasers
Fire Arc: 102 front/left/right, 43 left/back/front, 43 front/right/back
Attack Bonus: +6 (+6 Fire Control, +8 crew, -8 size)
Damage: 7d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB-6, S-4 M-2 L+0

Special Carries 33 wings of Starfighter

Warlord Zacharius had a problem. His fleet had limited carrying capacity. So as a test he commissioned three large ships that would be mainly Hangar space, but could hold their own in large fleet battles. And so this ship was born. It boasts a very impressive 33 wings, almost 2400 starfighters. So far only three have been built, but soon all jacobi class ships will have at least one of these assigned to them. The first three are part of the Warlords Personal group. A secondary design requirement for these was the ability to dominated worlds, and so it carries a single Ravager of Worlds to do just this. Its typical fighter load out is: 9 Wings of Bandit fighters (Screen)
24 Wings of Odranel fighters (Assault force)

Inspiration http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/evn/images/battle.jpg (The Long red one)
And last but not least, a simple, old fashioned large cruiser, akin to the massive SSD

Class: Tauk Class Cruiser
Cost: NAFS
Size: Colossal (10 km)
Initiative: -2 (+6 Crew, -8 Size)
Crew: 75 000 (Very skilled +6)
Passengers: 30 000 Troops, 10 000 Life support technicians
Cargo Capacity: 1 Million Metric Tons
Consumables: Infinite
Hyperdrive: x2
Maximum Speed: Cruising
Maneuvers: -2 (+6 Crew, -8 Size)
Defense: 12 (+10 Armour, -8 Size)
Hull Points: 1200
Shield Points: 600
DR: 60
Weapon: 450 Heavy Turbolasers
Fire Arc: Turret
Attack Bonus: +4 (-8 Size, +6 Crew, +6 FC)
Damage: 7d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB-6, S-4, M-2, L +0
Weapon: 450 Heavy Ion Cannons
Fire Arc: Turret
Attack Bonus: +4 (-8 Size, +6 Crew, +6 FC)
Damage: 7d10x2 (Ion)
Range Modifiers: PB -6, S-4, M-2 L NA
Weapon: 20 heavy Tractor Beams (PD)
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus: +4 (-8 Size, +6 Crew, +6 FC)
Damage: Special
Range Modifiers: PB+0 SML NA
Weapon: Heavy Concussion Missile Launcher (80)
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus: +6 (-8 Size, +6 Crew, +6 FC)
Damage: 9d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB -6, S-4, M-2 L NA
Special: Carries two wings of starfighters

This is like a SSD, a relatively simple ship with no “Ultra Powerful Weapons” Its job is the same as an SSD’s lead normal fleets, scare people, act as a mobile base of command. while not as Visually scary as the larger ships, It still Can take on multiple capital ships, and has almost as many separate weapons as the massive Jacobi class ship. For its fighter Screen it deploys two wings of Odranel fighters. It has to Rely on them for anti-starfighter defense, because its anti star fighter capability is nonexistent. This ship was a success, especially when paired with a Vashke carrier. Many more are in production.

An importand part of these rules is common sense. They’re made to be flexible, and easy to use. I’m also not guaronteeing that all errors have been spoted. Its a work in progress, and I way end up posting newer versions.

LINK: http://www.geocities.com/starwarsjose/tauchiss_ships.pdf

Casualties of Peace (Part 1)

2006-09-12T16:37:00.000-04:00

Eventually I hope to have the deck plans I drew up for this posted, but I don't have a scanner yet, so it'll have to wait. If there is anyone out there that knows where I can find great starship pictures, let me know. I hate using canon starships in my games, but finding pictures of things is even harder. Anyway, without further ranting, here's my ship for the day.

This ship has a 'history' which I will post up next week. It explains anything you might have questions about, such as S.O.N.Y.A. I'll post up information for her eventually as well.

I made this ship to be the focal point of the adventure. The characters find it, it has its secrets, like how it got to a scrap yard, or why there's remains of somebody on board.

Craft: Corellian Engineering Corporation AT-6
Class: Space transport
Cost: Prototype, not available for sale.

Size: Small (43.0 m long)
Initiative: +3 (+1 size, +2 crew)
Crew: 1 or 2
Passengers: 6
Cargo Capacity: 175 metric tons
Consumables: 4 months
Hyperdrive: x1; Backup: x10
Maximum Speed: Ramming (10 squares/action); Current: Attack (8 squares/action)
Atmospheric Speed: 1050 km/h (18 squares/action); Current: 800 km/h (13 squares/action)

Maneuvers: +2 (+1 size, +1 Maneuver Systems, (+3 in Atomsphere))
Defense: 23 (+1 size, +12 armor)
Shield Points: 90 (DR 20) Current: 90
Hull Points: 120 (DR 20) Current: 100

Misc System: Computer A.I. (Ships On-board Navigation and Yeoman Application) (S.O.N.Y.A.); 2 Escape Pods

Weapon: Double turbolaser cannons; Fire Arc: Front;
Attack Bonus: +5 (+1 size; +4 fire control);
Damage: 5d10x2; Range Modifiers: PB -2, S +0, M +0, L -2.
Multi-fire

Developed Flaws:

-Hyperdrive Damaged: 3 Burned Flux Capacitors
20% chance of Hyperdrive not working.
Partial Repair DC 17 (Can get the hyperdrive working in an hour)
Repair DC 22, Cost for parts: 10,000

-Thrust Control System Out of Alignment
Reduce 2 Squares from Movement speed.
Repair DC 23, Cost for parts: 25,000

-Hull Damaged: Corrossion in several spots of the ships structure
1/6 of Hull damaged.
Repair DC 27, Cost for parts: 50,000

-Manuevering Fin Damaged
-3 to Manuevers in Atomsphere.
Repair DC 30, Cost for parts: 12,500

Episode VI: Return of the Site

2006-09-11T14:12:00.000-04:00

It is the time that we have all been waiting for. Star Wars Roleplaying Resources is back. After taking a summer break the staff of SWRPR has got the hampsters spinning the wheels once more. The site has a new look, for the new beginning.

First, before we can get to "the center of the Tootsie Pop" we need to lick it a few (25d20) times. I want to throw out some really good Star Wars sites out there for your surfing pleasure. First off, is the SWRPG Wiki, which like us, has taken some down time but now sports a new look and some great new features. The SWRPG Wiki has moved to wikicities, which makes it much easier for anyone to get in there and give their input and post their stats. Next is the Star Wars RPG Network, which personally, isn't as much of a site as it is a community. The Holonet boards there are a good place to bounce off ideas and even play the RPG.

Now, Padawan, you have achieved sufficent knowledge to get to the center of the Tootsie Pop. You have not failed and bit the lollipop, such impatience leads to the dark side. Today, I have a character from a game I play on the Holonet titled, The Remaining Jedi.

Lugino Pirat
Lugino Pirat is a Miraluka, born on their homeworld of Alpheridies during the Old Republic. Lugino was recruited into the Jedi Temple like most other Miraluka children, at a very young age. He trained under Yoda and was eventually attached as a padawan to Jedi Master Yonto Eldu. Lugino quickly progressed and gained the title of Jedi Knight shortly before the Battle of Geonosis. During the Clone Wars, Lugino did nothing to hide the fact that he was a Miraluka; there was no need to. He followed his species’ tradition in wearing a decorative cloth over his empty eye sockets. His battle record is often small, as he was assigned to worlds that were never attacked. He was in the Jedi Temple, constructing a new lightsaber, when it was being raided by Anakin Skywalker, however; he sensed the incoming danger, and escaped the Temple before it was destroyed. He traveled to Polis Massa were he met up with other Jedi. The Jedi were chased down, many escaped in a ship called the Kyra. Lugino went with two other Jedi on a private vessel to Nar Shadda with a Rodian Pilot. The ship crashed into a Squib Reclamation Cruiser killing all on board except Lugino. The Squibs helped Lugino by giving him supplies and a Firespray Patrol Craft named the Rusty Corona. Lugino took his new ship to Ord Mantell, hoping to disappear for a while and eventually met up with the other Jedi, or even discover some on Ord Mantell.

Description
Lugino is just short of two meters tall. He carries a green single-bladed lightsaber and wears a common cloak. Being a Miraluka, he has empty eye sockets and relies on the Force to see. With the Purge, he prefers to hide his eye sockets completely and does this by wearing tinted goggles that cover his eyes from all directions.

Goals
Lugino’s main goal is survival. He also desires to meet up with the other Jedi at some point and is using Ord Mantell as a temporary safe haven to rest and disappear.

Era Notes
Lugino Pirat is designed to be a Rise of the Empire character, shortly following Revenge of the Sith.

Stats
Lugino is a character that I play in a freeform game, but here are some stats that best suit his character.

Lugino Pirat: Human Male Jedi Guardian 9; Init +4; Defense 19 (+7 Class, +2 Dex); Spd 10m; VP/WP 72/10; Atk +12/+7* melee (3d8+1 lightsaber) or +11/+6 ranged; SQ Deflect (Defense +2), Deflect (Attack -4), Deflect (Extend Defense and Attack), Block; SV Fort +6, Ref +8, Will +5; FP 3; DSP 0; Rep +3; Str 13, Dex 14, Con 10, Int 14, Wis 12, Cha 12.
Equipment: Lightsaber*, Cloak, Tinted Goggles, Datapad.
*Lugino Pirat has constructed his own lightsaber
Skills: Disguise +10 Read/Write Basic, Read/Write Miralukese, Read/Write Rodese, Speak Basic, Speak.
Force Skills: Affect Mind +11, Enhance Ability +5, Enhance Senses +6, Farseeing +6, Force Defense +6, Force Defense +3, Force Stealth +3, Illusion +15, Move Object +9, See Force +6, Telepathy +6.
Feats: Combat Reflexes, Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Lightsaber), Force-Sensitive, Power Attack, Skill Emphasis (Illusion, Disguise), Weapon Group Proficiencies (simple, blaster pistols).
Force Feats: Alter, Control, Knight Defense, Lightsaber Defense, Mind Trick, Sense.

9/11
United We Stand

The Force's of Warlord Zacharius

2006-07-09T06:43:00.000-04:00

Out in the outer rim, a new power is rising. A fearsome man who has an eye for starship design. These are the main ships that make up his fighting forces.

NOTE: These weren't made with SOTG, but with a custom set of rules a created.

Craft: Bandit class space superiority fighter
Class: Starfighter
Cost: 60 000
Size: Diminutive (6 m long)
Initiative: +6 (+4 size, +2 crew)
Crew: 1 (normal +2)
Passengers: 0
Cargo Capacity: 65 kilograms
Consumables: 1 Day
Hyperdrive: None
Maximum Speed: Ramming
Maneuvers: +6 (+4 size, +2 crew)
Defense: 24 (+4 size, +10 armor)
Hull Points: 60
Shield Points: 0
DR: 5.
Weapon: Light Blaster Cannons (2fire linked)
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus: +8 (+4 size, +2 crew, +2 fire control)
Damage: 3D10x2
Range Modifiers: PB-2, S-4, M/L NA
Weapon: Concussion Missle Launcher (6 missles)
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus: +10 (+4 size, +2 crew, +4 fire control)
Damage: 8D10x2
Range Modifiers: PB: -2, SML: NA

Used by bandits it is populary because of the heavy punch it packs for such a low cost. while its lasers are weak, its concussion missle launcher gives it serious fire power for the same cost as a TIE Fighter. A Bad boy carries 144 of these fast crafts. There favoured tactic is to fire a full barrage just as they leave the bay, at whatever is annoying their mothership.

Craft: Bad Boy Bandit Carrier
Class: Capital
Cost: 101.2 million credits
Size: Colossal (1100M)
Initiative: -4 (-8 size, +4 crew)
Crew: 5000 skilled (+4)
Passengers: 3000 troops
Cargo Capacity: 22 000 tons
Consumables: 5 years
Hyperdrive: X2
Maximum Speed: Cruising
Maneuvers: +0
Defense: 12 ( +10 armour, -8 size)
Hull Points: 600
Shield Points: 300
DR: 25
Weapon: Heavy Tractor Beam (6)
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus: +2 (+4 crew, -8 size, +6 fire control)
Damage: Special
Range Modifiers: PB-6 S-4 ML NA
Weapon: 23 heavy turbolasers
Fire Arc: 2 front 10 left 10 right (1PD back)
Attack Bonus: +2 (+4 crew, -8 size, +6 fire control),(+10( +0 size +6 fire control, +4 crew))
Damage: 7d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB-6 S-4 M -2 L+0 (PB +0, SML NA)
Weapon: 23 Heavy Ion Cannons (PD)
Fire Arc: Turret
Attack Bonus: +10(+6 fire control, +4 crew)
Damage: special
Range Modifiers:PB+0 SML NA
Special: Can Carry 144 starfighters
Used by pirates as a Mobile base of operation, it is famed for its fire power and the fact that it has no weapon batteries. It can easily overwhelm most capital ships, even an imperial star destroyer, despite the fact it has only slightly more than a third of an impstar deuce’s weaponry. It’s 144 fighters can sway the course of almost any battle in it’s favour. Not even an imperial star destroyer can take 144 concussion missles!

Craft: Odranel class Alien Star Fighter
Class: Starfighter
Cost: 235 000
Size: Tiny (13m long)
Initiative: +6 (+4 crew , +2 size)
Crew: 1 (Skilled +4)
Passengers: 0
Cargo Capacity: 110 kilograms
Consumables: 14 Days
Hyperdrive: X1.5
Maximum Speed: Ramming
Maneuvers: +6 (+4 crew, +2 size)
Defense: 22 (+2 size, +10 armor)
Hull Points: 120
Shield Points: 30
DR: 5.
Weapon: Heavy Turbolaser
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus: +12 (+2 size, +4 crew, +6 fire control)
Damage: 7D10x5
Range Modifiers: PB: +0, S: -2, M: -4,L: -6
Weapon: Light Ion Cannons (5)
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus: +10 (+2 size, +4 crew, +4 fire control)
Damage: Special
Range Modifiers: PB: +0, S: -2, ML: NA

Once used by aliens now long dead, this is but a copy of the origanal line, but it remains one the most powerful (and expensive) fighters in existance, able to disable a Guardian class cruiser in a single quintuple ion burst. The single turbolaser gives this ship incredible punch for it's size. while it is the size of a starfighter, it often acts as a light gunboat.

Craft Ossa class heavy assault Gunboat
Class: Capital
Cost: 7.8825M
Size: Large (200m)
Initiative: +3 (-1 size, +1 crew)
Crew: 18 (skilled +4)
Passengers: 50 (troops)
Cargo Capacity: 5000MT
Consumables: 1 year
Hyperdrive: x1 (Backup X5)
Maximum Speed: Attack
Maneuvers: +7 (+4 engine quality, +4 crew, -1 size)
Defense: 19 (+10 armour, -1 size)
Hull Points: 300
Shield Points: 200
DR: 15
Weapon: 6 Light Turbolasers (PD)
Fire Arc: turret
Attack Bonus: +14 (+0 Size, +4 Engine quality, +4 crew, +6 fire control)
Damage: 3D10X5
Range Modifiers: PB +0 SML NA
Weapon: Heavy Tractor Beam
Fire Arc: Turret
Attack Bonus: +13 (-1 Size, +4 Engine quality, +4 crew, +6 fire control)
Damage: special
Range Modifiers: PB -2 S +0 ML NA
Weapon: Heavy Turbolasers (5)
Fire Arc: turret
Attack Bonus: +13 (-1 Size, +4 Engine quality, +4 crew, +6 fire control)
Damage: 7D10X5
Range Modifiers: PB -2 S +0 M +0 L-2

Another design used by long dead aliens and resurrected. It is a valuable Addition To warlord Zacharius’s fleet, along with the Odranel, the Icnivad and the Invincible II. The Ossa uses multiple banks of maneuvering jets to make it more maneuverable than the famed X-wing, and almost as maneuverable as the Tie, Although its over 30 times bigger. It is Also an excellent ship on the offensive, with 6 light tubolasers, 1 tractor beam, and 5 heavy turbolasers, all on turrets. It outguns the corellian corvette, although it is similar in size. In an emergancy, all guns can be locked forward and it can be controlled like a single giant starfighter, by a single person. It is also Remarkably fast in hyperspace, with a powerful backup of X5 and a quick primary of X1. It’s backup is one of the fastest backups avaible, far faster than th normal X10 that most ships use for backup. This ship, while called a "Heavy gunboat, is really a light capotal, capabal of taking out most ships in its class. It could take on a Nebulan B, and it would probably win.

Craft Icnivad class gunboat
Class: space transport
Cost: 590 000
Size: small
Initiative: +5 (+1 size, +4 crew)
Crew: 4 (skilled +4)
Passengers: 4
Cargo Capacity: 100mt
Consumables: 3 months
Hyperdrive: X1 (back-up X6)
Maximum Speed: Ramming
Maneuvers: +7 (+1 size, +4 crew, +2 Engine quality)
Defense: 21 (+1 size, +10 armour)
Hull Points: 150
Shield Points: 60
DR: 10
Weapon: Heavy Turbolaser (2 fire-linked)
Fire Arc: Front
Attack Bonus: +13 (+1 size, +4 crew, +2 Engine quality, +6 fire control)
Damage: 8D10x5
Range Modifiers: PB +0, S +0, M -2, L -4
Weapon: Heavy Concussion missile launcher (2 fire linked)(+15 pilot)
Fire Arc: Front/right/left
Attack Bonus: +15 (+1 size, +4 crew, +2 Engine quality, +8 fire control)
Damage: 10D10x5
Range Modifiers: PB +0, S +0, M -2 L NA
Weapon: Medium Concussion missile launcher (+15 pilot)
Fire Arc: Aft
Attack Bonus: +13 (+1 size, +4 crew, +2 Engine quality, +6 fire control)
Damage: 5D10x5
Range Modifiers: PB +0, S +0, M NA L NA
Weapon: Medium Turbolaser
Fire Arc: Turret
Attack Bonus: +13 (+1 size, +4 crew, +2 Engine quality, +6 fire control)
Damage: 5D10x5
Range Modifiers: PB +0, S +0, M -2, L -4
Special: High quality engines ( +2 on all attack and maneuver rolls)
A heavily armed gunboat made by the race the made the odranel. It can take down far larger ships, with it’s multiple capital ship scale weapons. It is also famed for being extremely maneuverable, almost as much so as the agile TIE fighter. It is Also Famed for being expensive. At almost 600 000 credits this baby doesn’t come cheap. But, its ability to wreck much larger (and more expensive) ships can make the investment worthwhile. Another design that has been resurected by Zacharius, this ship fills a Niche. More durable than most starfighters, but light for a gunboat. It is often grouped into a squadron, like starfighters. It's used as the card up the sleeve, the secret interceptor, incase something goes wrong.

Craft: Invincable II class warship
Class: Capital
Cost: NAFS
Size: Colossal (2500m)
Initiative: 0 (+8 crew, -8 size)
Crew: 50 000 (Expert +8)
Passengers: 20 000 troops
Cargo Capacity: 50 000 tons
Consumables: 12 years
Hyperdrive: x2
Maximum Speed: Cruising
Maneuvers: +0 (-8 size, +8 crew)
Defense: 16 (+14 armor, -8size)
Hull Points: 1000
Shield Points: 700
DR: 35
Weapon: Heavy Turbolasers (140)
Fire Arc: 20 front/right/left 60 right/front/back, 60 left/front/back
Attack Bonus: +6 (+8 crew, -8 size, +6 Fire Control)
Damage: 7D10x5
Range Modifiers: PB -6, S -4, M -2, L -6
Weapon: Heavy Ion Cannons (60)
Fire Arc: 10 front/right/left 25 front/right/rear 25 front/left/rear
Attack Bonus: +6 (+8 crew, -8 size, +6 Fire Control)
Damage: Special
Range Modifiers: PB -6, S -4, M -2, L NA
Weapon: Heavy tractor Beams (10) PD
Fire Arc: Turret
Attack Bonus: +14 (+8 crew, +0 size, +6 Fire Control)
Damage: Special
Range Modifiers: PB +0, SML NA
Weapon: 40 medium turbolasers turbolasers (PD)
Fire Arc: 20 front/left/back 20 fornt/right/back
Attack Bonus: +14 (+8 crew, +0 size, +6 Fire Control)
Damage: 5d10x5
Range Modifiers: PB +0 SML NA
Special: Can carry 72 starfighters

A deadly, brand new remake of an ancient ship. This ship is more than capable of destroying Imperial Star destroyers. It Carries 72 Odranel fighters, which greatly increases its fire power. It also has many point defence guns, making it very hard for enemy starfighters to kill it. (Each PD turbolaser has a 50% chance of bringing a TIE down). Because many of it’s guns are on partial turrets it can bring over 87% of its guns aft. Over 50% to either side, and 100% forward, making it most deadly on its initial run. It’s Favoured tactic is to go at an enemy fleet at full speed, cut between two ships and broadside them, then blast by and finish them with its rear guns.

The Tale of Tyria Regalia

2006-07-04T00:01:00.000-04:00

Tyria - Age 13

"....Recently, Rebel aggressors, attacking from a hidden base. Destroyed an Imperial Space Station. The attack was unwarranted and unprovoked. The Imperial Navy is still in pursuit of these Terrorists, but many of them are ex-Military, or unregistered Aliens, meaning they are hard to trace throughout the Galaxy. Anyone with information about these Terrorists should notify the authorities immediately if not for civic duty, the 20,000 Credit tip reward should be incentive enough to come forward. Just remember, the more the Navy knows, the more they can do to protect."

"In more local news, the Bakur RepulsorCorp has seen it's fifth quarter of steady growth. Commenting on this good news is Chairman of the Board, Huer Bynan."

"Well, yes, this cer...."

I called out. "Mom, mom, you're in the news." Mom is Huer Bynan's secretary. While he was being interviewed, she had come up to him and whispered something in his ear, and he finished up his interview after that.

"I'm in the news?" my mother said as she walked over to the Holoprojector. "Oh, I forgot they came to interview Huer today. Yep, it would seem now I'm famous, I guess I'll have to go get an agent, and see if I can get any autograph sessions started." my mother said, joking with me. "Now, come on Terra, that's enough time wasted on the news. Go and do your homework before your father gets home."

"Uncle Mox is coming over for dinner tonight, right?" I asked not quite ready to end the discussion and head upstairs.

"Yes, my brother, said he'd be here, but his word has never been very good to rely on. I only tolerate my older brother's company to make sure he's keeping out of trouble. I promised Grandma and Grandpa that I would before they went on to the Next Life. Now, no more stalling, young lady, go to work."

An hour or so later while I was reading some material on the Clone Wars, I heard the sound of the entrance door closing. I dropped the book, and went to go greet my father. I ran down the stairs ready to leap into his arms like I always do. But to my surprise, he wasn't there waiting for me. I heard my parents discussing that space station attack from the kitchen. "You know I won't do anything to embarrass you, but you know I still have my suspicions about what he does." I heard my dad say loudly, like he was angry. Instead of finding out what was going on, I decided to go back to my book. The Clone Wars were really fascinating. The Jedi sounded wonderful. Leading the armies of the Republic into battle. I can't understand how they could be guilty of trying to over throw the government they were trying to protect. Atleast that's what my teacher told us they tried to do, before he gave us this material.

Shortly after returning to my book, I heard the sound I'd been waiting to hear all day. The visitor tone was ringing in a little rhythm my Uncle taught me. Again, I dropped the book, and ran down the stairs. This time the person was waiting for me. And I leapt into Uncle Mox's arms, and he gave me his usual hug, with my feet off the ground.

"Do you ever stop growing?" He started, setting me down."Everytime I come here, it gets harder to hold you up like that. Then he was looking over the top of my head, with his face wearing a more serious expression. "Good evening, Ponic."

"Hello, Mox, how's the trading business." I heard the way he said, trading, but I didn't know what to make of it.

"It could be better, Customs slow things down everywhere I go. With the Rebellion going on, I can't blame them for being cautious, but it tends to hurt the little guys like myself. How about you, the Navy still treating you well?"

My dad didn't answer, just turned away and returned to the kitchen.

Uncle Mox turned back to me and said, "Still as stiff as ever I see. Well, I just happen to have brought presents this visit. But I think we should keep them a secret from your parents. How about we go up stairs?

I just nodded and ran up the stairs.

Upstairs, Uncle Mox, reached into his bag and brought out a datapad. "This has got a bunch of pictures from my traveling. Look at the first one." I did, it was a picture of a ship, upon closer inspection I noticed someone standing next to it. It was Uncle Mox. Under the picture was the title, Moxie and I. That's me and my ship, Moxie. She has never let me down. Jeez, I've been doing all the talking since getting back. How about you, how is your schooling coming?

I spent the next 15 minutes explaining the Clone Wars assignment and talking about how the part about the Jedi didn't sit well with me. It just didn't make sense. My uncle listened and nodded in silent agreement.

"Well, since you mention that, I'll tell you a secret, in all my years, I've met two Jedi, one when I was a boy, a tad younger than you. I was walking home from school, and I happened to come across him. He was walking down the street towards me, probably heading to the Bakur Complex, I think he was here on business about the Clone Wars. Well, anyway, I remember him looking right at me, I didn't dare meet his eyes, but somehow I could just feel he was looking at me, and smiling. I could tell he was a Jedi by the way he was dressed. The second Jedi I met just a few weeks ago, I thought they were all gone, but I saw one. It was in a cantina on Tatooine, I recommend staying away from there if you can. This Jedi looked pretty old, but he was amazing. He was about to be attacked by two guys, when he brought out his lightsaber and chopped off one of their arms and wounded the other guy. Anyway, try to keep this between us, your parents would be mad at me for telling you this."

Mom called us down to dinner a few minutes later. It was the same whenever, Uncle Mox came over. My mother would try to act like she really enjoyed having Mox over, but in reality she was only doing this for her dead parents. My father sat like he was being addressed by an Admiral, very rigid, with a stern face on, while eating his dinner. Where as Uncle Mox would tell story after story about the things he'd seen on the worlds he'd made deliveries to.

After dinner, my started to clean up, and I went to the refresher. While in there, I heard an elevated voice coming from downstairs. I couldn't hear what was being talked about though. I came back down, and saw Uncle Mox standing by the door. I looked around the room, no one else was there. He gave a faint smile upon seeing me again. "Well, Terra, I think this'll be our last good-bye for a while. Remember to keep up in your schooling, and don't let them tell you how to think, decide on things for yourself. If we give up our individuality, we have nothing left. I don't like to speak ill of people, but your father is a good example of someone who doesn't think for himself." We gave each other one last, long hug. "Good Bye, Terra, I know you'll go far. I just hope it's far from this place."

Tyria - Age 20

Two years after the Ssi-Ruuk attacks on Bakura, Terra and her parents are still there. Her father left the Imperial Navy after the attacks, and joined the Bakura Customs Office. Her mother is still the Chairman of the Board's secretary at Bakur RepulsorCorp. And Terra's off at one of the University's. She's going to classes, but not sure of her goals yet.

"Hepre, do you ever get the feeling that you were meant for more than this?" I said, looking up at the stars.

"No, Terra, I've always been happy where I am, because I know I'm living the life layed out in the 'Fulcrum.' I'm a child of the feather, and I've learned to appreciate all that life as to offer with that destiny. What about you though, you aren't a child from a Faith Family, do you ever get the feeling you were meant for more than what you have? Hepre replied, throwing my question back at me. That's what I get for discussing destiny with a Faith Student.

I dwelled on his question for a second. Although the question had already been in my mind before he asked it. "Ever since I was little I've wanted to wander the Galaxy, like my uncle. He was a free trader, he owned his ship, and went where ever the cargo took him. I haven't seen him for several years. I miss hearing his stories about other planets and species, they all sound so fascinating compared to this backwater planet. I think the lack of stories is bringing out the curiosity in me, and calling me to go."

"Calling you to go where?" He asked in a very confused voice. As he leaned up onto his elbows.

"Up there." I said, pointing to the stars. "Up to the stars, and the planets, to the aliens and the unknowns. I guess I shouldn't expect you of all people to understand." I commented, rolling over onto my side. "After all, you are exactly like my father. Unable of thinking for yourself, you have to cling to someone else's beliefs and use them as your own. But that's also what I love about you, it's something I'm not capable of."

"Terra, you make it sound like me, and everyone who believes in the 'Balance' is selling ourselves short. It's not like we're forced to believe it, it's a choice we all have. I'm still thinking for myself, I just use my faith, as a pathway. That's been well worn, by the people who came before me."

"That's what I'm talking about though, Hepre. This entire planet is a well worn path. There's nothing new to discover here, nothing new to learn. I need to find a path that hasn't been traveled on, atleast one that hasn't been traveled on for some time." I said, starting to get a little angry.

"I'm sorry if I've offended you, but this is who I am, and what I believe." Hepre said, as he stood up. I stood up just after him. "Oh yeah, before I forget, I got this for you. He reached into his bag and pulled out a datapad and a cable. "I noticed the one you use is a much older model, and I know what you keep on there, so I thought you'd like to put it on something that'll last longer. Happy Birthday, Terra" With that he kissed me and left.

I now felt guilty for getting angry. I took the datapad and went back to my room. I began copying files over to the new pad. I got done with the pictures, and then I realized there was a lot more stuff on here. I browsed around the stuff until I came to a file called Terra. I opened it up, it was a letter from Uncle Mox saying how he knew I'd find this eventually.

Terra,
I knew you'd eventually look around this datapad and find the stuff I put on here. You were always the daughter I never had. I wish I could have taken you with me. You and I are so alike, I can feel the sense of adventure that drove me to the stars, in you. I have no doubts that someday you'll make it. It only requires a little courage to get started, but you'll find things will fall into place if you want them to. I've left a list of contacts on here, in case you ever feel like following my path. One bit of advice, I would change your name, because your father won't let you go that easily. I know I wouldn't, if I were him.

Good Luck Terra, I know you can do it.

I was taken aback at first, I'm just realizing I had this need for adventure, and he had known it 7 years ago? I was feeling re-energized now, finally some words of confidence had floated my way. I did have reservations about just flying off without telling my parents, but Uncle Mox was right about my father. My father had connections and would track me down and drag me home, just so I wouldn't get hurt.

While I was sitting there thinking over all that I'd just found out, my terminal started to beep, signalling a HoloNet Message from someone.
I checked the terminal, it was from my mother.

"Terra, honey, I have some awful news." She said not trying to sound satisfied. "Your uncle has been arrested by your father for smuggling stuff into Bakura. It happened just last week, I wanted to tell you sooner, but your father wouldn't let me until the investigation and trial were completed. I know how much you wanted to see him again, but I'm afraid that isn't possible now. He was shipped off to Kessel this morning."

Upon hearing that, I turned off the monitor, packed up what little I needed, left Hepre a note, saying 'I've found my path, Thank you for being there when I needed you, good bye' and left.

Tyria - Age 21

I had found someone to forge me new Identification Information under the name Tyria Regalia. And I even learned a little about how I could do it myself, if I ever needed to. I had taken Uncle Mox's contact list and got work from a Duros Smuggler named Tren Luk. In return for my services as his Sensor Operator, and occasional Gunner, I recieved a small percentage of the profits, as well as free lessons in flying.

I parted ways with Tren after a year. We had just landed at Coronet on Corellia, after a rather close call. We had been boarded by CorSec Customs Division while waiting to land on the planet. While they were on board the Ryant Edi we had a slight power flux which put us on emergency power for a few minutes, Tren was hesitant about going back to the Engine Hatch to fix the problem, because that was where some of are 'Cargo' was stashed. And while being inspected, the officials tend to stick to you like a mynock on a ship, just to make sure you don't do anything fishy. We kept telling them this was normal, and it would only last a minute or so. But after three minutes of sitting there, they asked Tren to go see if there was anything he could do to fix the problem. No sooner did they ask him to go take a look, the power came back on.

"I hate to leave you like this," he apologized, "but after that little incident I think the ship could use some maintanence, and I could use a little rest myself, so I think I'm going to lie low a while. Here's your cut on this last trip, and a little something extra to hold you over till you can find some more work."

"Thanks for everything, Tren. I'm sure the flying lessons will help me find some new work. Good luck with the repairs, and the rest." With that, I took my gear bag, and headed out of the ship and the hangar, looking forward to my next job, whatever it would be.

Tyria - Age 23

I couldn't get a hold of any of Uncle Mox's contacts on Corellia, so I set out by myself, to find employment. I've found almost anything can be found when there are credits there to unseal some lips. My second frieghter was owned by a female Devorian, Sarcia Dendo. She had recently lost her pilot in a Cantina Brawl, he wasn't part of it. But he did get stuck in the middle of it, and did not make it out.

"I need to warn you in advance, I've been trained to fly the ship, but I've never piloted while in a combat situation. I can't make any promises about my performance." I said nervously.

"Don't worry about it, kid, if we get into a fight then I've done something terribly wrong. I haven't found a situation yet, that I couldn't talk my way out of. So don't worry about it, I'm sure you'll do fine." She said to comfort me.

Sarcia wasn't kidding, I flew for Sarcia for two years and we never fired the cannons once. Well, atleast not at another ship. We ended up going through an Asteroid field to land at a Pirate Base we needed to deliver to. That was nerve-wracking to say the least.

I took notice of Sarcia when she was doing her talking. It wasn't just how convincing she was when she talked to people, but also how she carried herself when she walked or even just stood there. She put off an air of confidence that made it hard to tell if she was telling the truth or not, and made her very trustworthy to most of the people we met. I noticed it also helped when she thought she could get some more money out of the client we were working for.

It wasn't fear that got Sarcia to stop being a smuggler, it was something quite different. Love. While on Bespin for a little gambling, she met, and immedeatily fell in love with a Devorian named Vilmarh Jit. From what I could tell, they did have a lot in common. So I think they made a nice pair. Sarcia decided she didn't want to ruin it, by leading a life of crime anymore. So they started up as a legitimate transport service. He was a capable pilot, so I didn't feel too bad having to leave her services. I think they were both in good hands.

I got lucky looking for my next job. I tried down the list of contacts again, and scored a hit in Bespin, Marco Drugen. Only problem was, he didn't want me.

"Look little girl, I've told you already, I don't want someone who can't pull their own weight on my ship." Marco said as I approached him for the third time.

"What can I do to convince you to hire me for your crew?" I asked.

He looked at me a second, sizing me up, granted I'm not that tall to begin with, so the sizing part didn't take long. "Let me guess, you can do sensor work, flying, and gunnery. You aren't any good at repairs, seeing as your fingers are clean. You can't be much use in a Brawl, due to your size. I'll bet you're pretty stealthy, although you wouldn't know that yet, seeing as you haven't been in real combat, which I can tell by the way you stand. So tell me is there any thing you can do to convince me to hire you for my crew? Because as it stands, I've got most of that covered, and what I don't have covered, I don't need. With that, he started to walk away for the third time.

"I can cook!" I said aloud. He stopped in his tracks.

"And what makes you think I need a cook on my ship? He said with slightly renewed interest.

"The way you were standing told me that you are having slight stomach cramps from whatever you'd eaten recently. Not to mention that gut you're not doing much to hide suggests that you eat a good share. Your grouchiness reminds me of my father whenever my mother cooked something that didn't please him. And your breath smells like you've been eating spoiled Nerf for the past month." I said. "And on my Uncle's contact list, he has FOOD written next to your name." I finished, looking at him for his reaction. And I got a good reaction, his eyes went really wide.

"Mox? Your uncle is Mox Reglia? Only Mox would make note of that, because he always thought I ate too much. Alright, I guess I could use a good cook, and with your other skills, maybe you won't be so useless after all. Okay, you're hired, be ready to leave tomorrow night, the ship is on Platform 327."

Tyria - Age 24

Well it's been an action packed two years, to say the least. It seems like every other deal Marco made, we ended up being shot at by someone. I had more target practice then I ever thought I would. Both on the ship and on the ground.

About a year after hiring me, Marco lost an arm in a particularly nasty gunfight. Luckily we were next to the ship. I dragged him on board, and got us out of there. The loss of a limb provoked him into getting us a new pilot. Since I was only mediocre at best, and his jobs definitely required more. The pilot he hired was Togruta male named Hyshal Larasilaa, I don't know what he told Marco to get the job. But he must not have been lying, because my body has never done some of the stunts he would do, up till that point. So as it stood, Marco did all the talking and planning, Hyshal piloted and was a great help when things got dirty(as they usually did with Marco), and I did whatever was needed on top of all that.

Tyria - Age 25

On Tatooine. Uncle Mox was right, this place is terrible. With two suns shining down on this world, it's no wonder water is so rare. Marco and I are walking toward the meeting place to accept a deal we were offered yesterday. Hyshal is back on the ship, checking systems and making sure it's ready for a quick get-a-way.

"I'm telling you Marco, there's something about these guys. I've got a really bad feeling about this deal. Please, turn it down. I don't know what their intentions are, but I don't think they are going to bode well for us." I warned Marco.

"Tyria, you'd have to be insane not to accept this deal. They are offering 5,000 credits up front, and another 30,000 when we make it to the drop off on Nar Shadaa. And the cargo isn't even illegal, but it's in high demand on Nar Shadaa, so I'm sure that's why it's such a good deal. You don't get to be my age and not know a good deal when it jumps out at you."

"That's what I mean though, doesn't this deal seem too good to be coming from these guys." I pressed on.

"Listen, Tyria, I trust these guys, I've dealt with them before, that's probably why their giving us a good deal. Because they know me, and they know I always deliver. Just watch and learn." And with that I shut up, and followed him.

The deal went down without a hitch. And we were back on our way to the ship. The next day the clients brought the cargo, all 50 tons of it. It took all day to load it. After we were done, my bad feelings came back, and I asked Marco if Hyshal and I could go out for a quick drink before we left for the drop off on Nar Shadaa. I was hoping the drink would wash away my fears, and I asked Hyshal to come along as some protection. I knew he wouldn't mind as long as I paid for the drinks. Marco said, "sure, but make sure it's quick, and don't get Hyshal too drunk, I don't need him crashing my ship."

Hyshal and I went down the street to a cantina. It was pretty crowded, but we got a table, and talked.

"When we get to Nar Shadaa, keep a sharp look-out, I have a really bad feeling about this cargo. And I think it's going to bring us a lot more trouble than it's worth." I explained my fears to him.

"It's just cargo, any trouble that comes, we can handle, and I always keep a sharp eye." Hyshal assured me.

After finishing the drinks we left the cantina. Just as we got outside, a loud explosion knocked us off our feet. It had been close, real close. The bad feelings were back, much stronger than before. I grabbed Hyshal and ran for the ship. We got to the docking bay, only to find that the ship could no longer be described as a ship. The explosion had ripped it in two, and the two halves had fallen apart from each other. Clearly the cargo we had loaded had exploded, that was the only explanation for the condition of the ship.

I once again, grabbed Hyshal and told him to follow me. We went back down to the cantina, to discuss our options.

"I don't know if that explosion was supposed to kill us or not," I said indicating at him and myself, "I'm willing to bet who ever wanted to blow up the ship, probably just wanted Marco dead. I don't think we've been around long enough to make those kinds of enemies. Anyway, the thing is, I'm thinking about getting my own ship, you interested in being my partner?"

"Anythings better than being stuck on this rock." Hyshal said.

"Alright, let me check and see what my Uncle says about obtaining a ship. Huh?! There's just a name, Michael Searcy."

I spent the next two weeks hitting up every contact I could find, and no one seemed to know who Michael was. I was just about to quit and try getting a ship through other means, when oppurtunity came knocking. I was walking down the street toward the small flat that Hyshal and I shared, when two guys came up in front of me. One had a blaster in hand, then other seemed to only have a datapad.

"You'll find what you need here," said the guy with the datapad as he handed it to me. I took the pad and looked at it. Then I looked back up at the two guys, but they were gone. There was one note on the pad.

Docking Bay 94

M.S.

I ran toward the flat as fast as I could to tell Hyshal about my encounter. Both of us were willing to take the risk, because neither of us wanted to be stuck on this god-forsaken world any longer.

Betrayal

2006-07-03T07:57:00.000-04:00

I have never read any of Aaron Allston’s work before, but after reading Legacy of the Force: Betrayal, I have put him on the top of my list, right up there with Timothy Zahn. Of course, almost anything could be better than Labyrinth of Evil, the last book I read before this one, and probably the last time I read any Prequel-era novel.

Corellia wants independence from the Galactic Alliance. That is the most basic way to describe one of the many betrayals in the novel. Oh, and if you are worried about spoilers, I won’t include anything that you won’t find out in the first few chapters of the book. There is quite a bit of political intrigue, something that always fascinates me. Thrackan Sal-Solo, Han’s cousin and first introduced in the Corellian Trilogy, returns as Corellia’s Chief of War, and is in position to continue to move up the political ladder and lead his system out of the Galactic Alliance.
Corellia’s Betrayal, at first, seems to be the one that the novel is named after. However, by the end of the novel, you will realize that the Corellian Incident is only the backdrop for another, greater betrayal. I don’t want to spoil this betrayal, but it will leave you thinking, “Did s/he really just do that?”

The novel is excellently written and has a good plot comparable to The Thrawn Trilogy. Most of the main characters have been previously established and are well known. Everyone knows Luke, Han, Leia, and their children. Every time that the location changes, the new location is stated, similar to a movie subtitle. Some previous Star Wars books have had problems because you don’t know where the action is happening or who the main characters are. The New Jedi Order is a perfect example of too many characters to follow. Too many characters that you can’t remember, coupled with many locations equals chaos in the mind of a reader. In novels like that, it takes most of the chapter to figure out who exactly Soilupo Lukilrum is and where Gyyymuriluw is, and by then, you forgot what he was doing. Many other Star Wars novels assume that you read (and remember) what happened in past novels. In Betrayal, most of its references to the past are explained. I haven’t read the Swarm War series of novels and have no clue what happens in them, and I could easily follow Betrayal without any surprises, except for Ben Skywalker suddenly being thirteen years old. That is the only thing I didn’t like about the novel. The New Jedi Order Series came with a timeline at the beginning of each novel, showing where each novel fell in history. I was disappointed to see this was discontinued. Especially because the novel itself doesn’t actually mention what year it is in, only that it is the era of Luke Skywalker’s Legacy. I believe that it occurs 35-40 years after the Battle of Yavin.

One thing that is truly interesting about this novel is how it doesn’t focus on Luke. Every novel really has revolved around Luke Skywalker, but in Betrayal it doesn’t. It’s strange not having the story follow Luke everywhere he goes, and only routinely checking on him. Aaron Allston does a good job elevating Jacen Solo into the hero position that Luke once filled. One New Jedi Order novel focused on Jaina and it felt awkward; there is no such awkwardness in Betrayal.

Bottom line: Get Betrayal. It truly is the best Star Wars novel that I have read since the Thrawn Trilogy. Be warned. It ends like every episode of Lost, or many of the other similar dramas on TV: with just enough resolution to satisfy your needs, but with enough question to keep you hungry for more.

For more info: visit the publisher’s website, by clicking their banner in the side bar to the left.

The next novel, Bloodlines, goes on sale August 29, 2006.

All pictures taken from Wookieepedia.

"We've Got Your Back"

2006-06-30T17:19:00.000-04:00

About one and a half years after the Battle of Yavin, Duro Galactic Engineering Corporation bought out a small local company, Treichel Sublight. Treichel made top quality sublight drives, but they didn’t reach a large enough market to break even and they were failing. Duro Galactic bought them to produce all of their engines. The production of the Treichel Neon Sublight drives inspired Duro Galactic Engineering to design a top quality starfighter.

It would take a full year for a good starfighter to turn out of Duro Galactic, but eventually the L5 Starfighter line emerged, specifically, the L5-920C. The L5-920C was the first starfighter that featured an innovative design as well as effective technology. One of the innovative designs with the L5-920C is the “Trailblazer,” two high powered blasters on the rear of the starfighter that fires on ships that trail it. The ship is loaded with recent Friend-or-Foe data and the rear blasters are controlled by a droid aided with a strong targeting system. The fighter was sold on the slogan, "We've got your back." The starfighter also featured three Heavy Laser Cannons on each of its two descended wings. This descended wings design, would later be mass produced in the A-9 Vigilance Interceptor by Kuat Drive Yards. It also carried a small Proton Torpedo Launcher on the underside of the body of the craft. Duro Galactic managed to build a decent fighter at about the price of an X-Wing. Some Rebel squadrons flew the craft, but many private armies, who didn’t want ships that were already defined by either navy, bought many of them.

Craft: Duro Galactic Engineering Corporation L5-920C Fighter; Class: Starfighter; Cost: 147000 credits (new), 58000 credits (used); Size: Diminutive (9.8m long); Initiative: +8 (+4 size, +4 crew); Crew: 1 (Skilled +4); Passengers: none; Cargo Capacity: 65 kg; Consumables: 1 week; Hyperdrive: none; Maximum Speed in Space: Ramming (12 squares/action); Atmospheric Speed: 1160 kilometers/hr (19 squares/action); Maneuver: +11 (+4 size, +4 crew, +3 Engine Quality); Defense: 24 (+4 size, +10 armor); Shield Points: 60; Hull Points: 120; DR: 10.
Weapon: Heavy Laser Cannon (6, fire-linked); Fire Arc: Front; Attack Bonus +17 (+4 Size, +4 Crew, +3 Engine Quality, +6 Fire Control); Damage: 5d10x2; Range Modifiers PB +0, S -2, M/L n/a.
Weapon: Blaster Cannon (2, fire-linked); Fire Arc: Rear; Attack Bonus +17 or +13/+13/+8/+3/-2 (+4 Size, +4 Crew, +3 Engine Quality, +6 Fire Control) Damage: 4d10x2; Range Modifiers: PB –2, S –4, M/L n/a.
Weapon: Small Proton Torpedo Launcher (4 max): Fire Arc: Front; Damage: 9d10x2; Missile Quality: Ordinary (+10).

Its a Comet, It's a Sun, no it's... Oh my!!!

2006-06-29T06:58:00.000-04:00

In a huge galaxy, the wonders of space are manifold. One of the largest is the Colossal Drifting Void Jelly. This creature lacks a brain, and many internal organs. It looks like a jelly fish, however, they are a brilliant gold, with gentle blue streamers trailing behind. These appendages are around 5 kilometers long, and 50 meters wide. They emit electricity, and are the lures it uses to catch its prey, Mynocks. These release energy, which this leviathan creates in its core. When a Mynock bites, the shock is way to much for there system, and they are killed. If these touch a ship, then it could ionize the ships systems. These creatures can travel through black holes, and other anomalies, and they can be found in most parts of the galaxy, but are often mistaken for stars or asteroids. These are nearly invincible, the only thing that can really kill them is exposure to gravity, and oxygen, in which they rapidly die, then explode in a cataclysmic explosion.

Stat Block
Average Drifting void Jelly scavenger 10
Weight: 50000 tons Height: 10 km Dia. 5 km length
Str: 40
Dex: 4
Con: 35
Int: -
Wis: 1
Cha: -

Vitality: 190
Wounds: 280
Defense: -1
Speed: Docking
Base Attack Bonus: +7/+2
Melee: +14/+9
Ranged: -
Reputation: +2
Initiative: -11
SQ: DR 60, Brainless (no Int or Cha) Swallow whole (up to 1600m), Space Dweller: when it enters a planets atmosphere, it must make a DC 25 fortitude save, or die. It must make a save every minute, with each time the difficulty increasing by 1. Death throes: When it dies, all the stored energy will be released in 4d6 minutes. This energy deals 10d10x10 damage to everything within 50 km, and 5d10x5 to everything within 12d6+50 km.
Fortitude: +15
Reflex: +0
Will: -2

Attacks: +14/+9 Melee (6 tentacles) 6d10x2+15 (ion) +14/+9 Melee 3d10+15 Bite (swallow whole)

Note, as a creature without a brain, it just drifts around, and since its lacking a brain it doesn’t have skills or feats

Campaign ideas:

- A Void Jelly is aimlessly drifting toward a planet, and the defense fleet can’t destroy something of this magnitude. The PC’s must find some way to make it miss the planet, or billions will die.

- The Vong have found out about the Void jellies, and plan to make them the ultimate bio-weapon the PC’s must stop them, or the war will surely be lost.

"All you want to do is ride around..."

2006-06-28T00:01:00.000-04:00

The Alderaan Royal Engineers Capri-class Shuttle, designed by Arani Antilles. It was built to be a shuttle that could be carried either on the inside of a Space Transport, or the outside, using the Transport's Docking Hatch and the magnetic landing gear of the Shuttle. It is space worthy, but meant more for travel while on a planet's surface. A vehicle that is affordable and easily transported, and allows the rich to avoid using rental craft, or worse, public transit.

This craft was designed and put into production, 8 months after the end of the Clone Wars. Coming from the ARE as it was, it didn't ever become very popular, but it had mild success within the catalog of ARE's ships.

Craft: Alderaan Royal Engineers Capri-class Shuttle
Class: Starfighter
Cost: 55,000 credits

Size: Fine (5 m long)
Initiative: +10 (+8 size, +2 crew)
Crew: 1 or 2 (Normal +2)
Passengers: 2
Cargo Capacity: 150 kg
Consumables: 3 days
Hyperdrive: None
Maximum Speed: Ramming (10 squares/action)
Atmospheric Speed: 1,050 km/h (18 squares/action)

Maneuvers: +10 (+8 size, +2 crew)
Defense: 28 (+8 size, +10 armor)
Hull Points: 40 (DR 10)

Additional Equipment: Magnetic Landing Claw

"There is a house..."

2006-06-27T00:01:00.000-04:00

This is Arani Antilles' fourth design put into production. Though it's the first one that she considers her own design. The first three ships she made for the Alderaan Royal Engineers were unoriginal, unenlightened, by the book Luxury Yachts, that had been over-sighted by the board of directors, a group of old men, with even older ideals. They had butchered her ideas until the ships were glittering, gleaming shadows of their former selves. On this fourth design, she has learned her lesson, and made sure that the ship was aesthetic in appearance, but still retained the usefulness she felt all ships should have. This ship was designed and put into production shortly before the end of the Clone Wars.

The Aurora-Class Light Luxury Yacht, designed by Arani Antilles. It was designed with a younger generation in mind. The ship is smaller than your typical Luxury Yacht. It's advertising campaign worked at selling it to Royalty and Nobles who wanted to give their up and coming heirs a ship of their own, to have parties and gatherings with their friends. The Cargo Hold was built to be pleasing to the eyes, so it could be used as a Ball Room, should the need arise. For the young person receiving the ship, it was given slightly larger engines than a ship of it's size should have to make it more fun to fly. Structually, it was built strong, so that if it were to have a front end collision, the interior of the ship would not be too badly damaged.

The Rising Sun
Craft:ARE Aurora-class Light Luxury Yacht
Class: Space transport
Cost: 125,000 new
Size: Small (42m long, 24m wide)
Initiative: +1
Crew: 1 or 2
Passengers: Can sleep 6, but the Cargo Hold can hold 30 comfortably.
Cargo Capacity: 50 Metric tons
Consumables: 3 weeks
Hyperdrive: x2 (backup x12)
Maximum Speed: Ramming (10 squares/action)
Atmospheric Speed: 900 km/h (15 squares/action)
Maneuvers: +5 (+1 size, +4 engine quality)
Defense: 21 (+10 armor, +1 size)
Hull Points: 90 (DR 20)
Shield Points: 60 (DR 20).

(Stock)
Weapon: Laser Cannon(2 fire-linked); Fire Arc: Front;
Attack Bonus: +5 (+1 size, +4 fire control);
Damage: 4d10x2; Range Modifiers: PB +0, S +0, M/L N/A.

(Added onto The Rising Sun by Arani)
Weapon: Longshot quad laser cannon; Fire Arc: Top-Turret;
Attack Bonus: +5 (+1 size, +4 fire control);
Damage: 5d10x2; Range Modifiers: PB -2, S +0, M, +0, L -2

Shrugging off the Chains

2006-06-26T09:43:00.000-04:00

This is a character that I am going to play in an upcoming game on the Holonet. Meet FR3D, a tutor droid who has had enough and joins a droid rebellion in which the droids will "Shrug of their chains" of slavery on Coruscant.

FR3D was a simple TT5-15 tutorial droid on Corellia. He was bough by a famous holovid director, G. Lukkas. FR3D had taught all three of the Lukkas children over a period of twenty five years. He had never received a memory wipe, as it was thought that the more a tutor droid knew, the better it could do its job. Lukkas told FR3D that he would release him as an independent droid at the end of the year, as his third child would be finishing her education. FR3D was eager to be free to do something new. During his last year as a tutor he had begun to attend droid meetings. This is where the seed of anti-organism was planter. He still appreciated Lukkas and other organics, but he began to see that he was not equal with organics.

In the final month of Lukkas’ daughter’s education, Lukkas’ wife became pregnant with the fourth Lukkas child. FR3D would be force to educate another child into adulthood. He desired to kill Lukkas, but his programming would not allow it. He ran away from the Lukkas household. He found contracts in his droid meetings that could remove this peaceful programming. The droids knew that FR3D would become a resistance fighter, supporting their cause. FR3D knew Lukkas was looking for him, so he left for Coruscant.

When stealth is important, FR3D excels in his harmless tutor droid design. He has internal storage large enough to support a blaster pistol and a blaster rifle, modified to be lighter, as well as an assortment of grenades. When carrying large weapons around doesn’t matter, FR3D keeps his E-11 rifle on a shoulder strap and his DL-18 pistol holstered on his hip. Another of his stealthy features is the electroshock probe built into his fingers. This is useful as his body isn’t very threatening and can usually come close enough to organics to stun them.

Although, the droid rebellion that FR3D participates in is 5000 years before the Battle of Yavin, there isn't anything era-specific about his backstory. It makes it easy to throw him into your campaign in any era.

TTS-15-FR3D: Walking Educational and Tutorial Droid; Expert 3/Noble 4/Soldier 3; Init +6 (+2 Dex, +4 Imp. Init); Defense 16 (+4 class, +2 Dex); Spd 6m; VP/WP 34/10; Atk +10/+5 melee (DC 15, Electroshock Probe) or +11/+6 (3d6, BlasTech DL-18 Blaster Pistol) or +11/+6 or +6/+6/+6/+1 (3d8, Modified BlasTech E-11 Blaster Rifle); SQ Bonus Class Skill (Demolitions), Favor +2, Inspire Confidence, Resources Access, Coordinate +1; SV Fort +5, Ref +6, Will +8; SZ M; Rep +3, Str 16, Dex 14, con 1-, Int 20, Wis 10, Cha 12.

Equipment: Learning Station, Translator Unit (DC 20), Vocabulator, Electroshock Probe, 10kg Internal Storage, Heuristic Processor, BlasTech DL-18 Blaster Pistol, Modified BlasTech E-11 Blaster Rifle, 2 Merr-Sonn C-10 Stun Grenades, 6 Merr-Sonn C-16 Frag Grenades, Czerka Chemical Load Grenade (Fex-M3), Thermal Detonator, 10000 Credits.

Skills: Astrogate +8, Computer Use +18, Craft (Grenades) +18, Demolitions +16, Gather Information +10, Knowledge(Alien Species) +11, Knowledge(Biology) +12, Knowledge(Chemistry) +11, Knowledge(Forensics) +11, Knowledge(Physics) +11, Knowledge(World Lore) +11, Pilot _16, Profession (Tutor) +9, Read/Write Basic, Repair +18, Speak Basic, Speak Binary, Speak Huttese, Speak Rodese, Spot +9.

Feats: Ambidexterity, Armor Proficiency (Light), Dodge, Improved Initiative, Multishot, Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot, Skill Emphasis (Profession [Tutor]), Weapon Group Proficiencies (Blaster Pistols, Blaster Rifles, Heavy Weapons, Simple Weapons, Vibro Weapons).

Come on, get Your Hands Dirty!!

2006-06-23T07:20:00.000-04:00

In a galaxy full of high powered blasters, advanced scopes, and lightning quick vehicles, not many people want to get down and dirty in vicious close combat. But to those who do, the benefits are manifold. No matter how strong you are, on average, your blaster shots hurt the same as everyone else’s. In close combat, your brute strength or finesse can make your attacks far more deadly. Here’s some weapons, inspired by the past, but made far, far, far more deadly.

The Vibro Morning Star
A powerful melee weapon, made so by its dual vibrations. The balls vibrates, as well as each individual spike. They Vibrate in opposite directions, at alternating times. This make the wound FAR Larger than with a regular Vibro weapons, but the dual technology makes it all the more expensive. It also comes with a dial, and the option of “High Mode” this makes it even more powerful, but it takes the vibration over the power of the dampeners in the handle, making the weapon unwieldily.

Cost: 650 Credits
Damage: 2d8+1
Critical: 20
Range Increment: -
Weight: 3.5kg
Stun/Fort DC: -
Type: Piercing/Bludgeoning
Multifire/Autofire: -
Size: M
Group: Vibro Weapons
Special: When changed to high mode (move action) the wielder counts as having the power attack feat when attacking with the Vibro Morning Star.

The Vibro Spear
While the force pike is powerful, it isn’t very useful on the defense. Czerka arms, seeing this flaw in force pike designs, created the Vibro spear, a weapon perfect for use in defense of a charging enemy. It is smaller, cheaper and easier to wield than a force pike. It can also be thrown, but the vibration limits the range. If the vibration is turned off, the Increment returns to 4m.
Cost: 480 Credits
Damage: 2d8
Critical: 19-20
Range Increment: 2m (4m)
Weight: 2 kg
Stun/Fort DC:
Type: Piercing
Multifire/Autofire: -
Size: M
Group: Vibro Weapons
Special: When readied against a charge, the vibro spear does double damage.

So, what are you waiting for? Wade into close combat, and come out victorious!

Go Baby Go!

2006-06-22T17:54:00.000-04:00

Hey all, time for my post. This is actually something that I came up with for a game I'm currently running. The game is based on The Fast And The Furious, and also Gone in 60 Seconds. Hope you like it. BTW, I creted this guy to be an NPC Villian, just to let everyone know.

Nial Crescent liked things fast. He liked to say he lived life "a quarter kilometer at a time". When he was a kid on Correllia, he watched his three brothers with awe as they worked on the swoops coming in to their father's swoop garage. Installing bigger, badder sounder engines, chroming everything, Nial loved it. When he was alone in the garage, he would jump up on an unfinished swoop and pretend to race to victory. His father noticed this, and he and the other brothers began saving. Eventually, when Nial was 15, they had enough money to purchase an old, beat down, swoop. It was a Mobquet Flare-S, but no one would know that unless they were a very well-trained mechanic. It didn't matter to Nial though. The night he got it, he started scrounging in his father's shop for unused parts to help trick-out his ride.

He thought long and hard, and decided that he would rather have an engine that was custom-built from many types of good engines, rather than a cheap ratty engine that would need lots of maintenance. So his work began. He started with an old Correllia Mk. III engine, and combined it with a Nubrikkian Mk. IV.5, and then modded the two, taking the best pieces from each. He came out with one of the most efficient engines ever. He then set out working on the air intake and exhaust. He knew that one major problem with swoops was that they didn't get enough air into the engine. He fixed that by installing wider front vanes and placing a large air intake between them. He then added some chrome exhaust, and ended with some exhaust pipes shooting up the side of the swoop, right next to the seat. Whoever sat in that seat would have to wear some earplugs. All of this took him four years. By that time, he felt he was ready to compete.

While on Correllia, he swept the local swoop tracks, rocketing him to stardom. He eventually went on to sweep the World Championships, beating jockeys ten years older than him. With his newfound stardom, he moved offworld, and while en route to finding a new place to race, he met a few friends. His friends were actually members of the Black Sun, and they said they could hook Nial up with some fast cash if he went with them. He followed them to Nar Shaddaa, where he wowed the local Vigos into letting him race for them. He has since climbed the ranks of the Black Sun, and has become a major power on Nar Shaddaa. He is the one to go to if you need racing set up, and still races himself, although a little less now because of his other "duties".

Roleplaying Tips:

Racing is your first love, controlling things is your second. When you race, you win, no matter what. You live for the thrill of the race, but you also race for the credits, All that matters is winning, because if you win, you are in control.

Nial Crescent: Male Human Scoundrel 8/Crime Lord 2; Init +7 (+3 Dex, +4 Improved Initiative); Defense +20 (+7 class, +3 Dex); Spd 10 m; VP/WP 59/15; Atk+10/+5 ranged (3d8/20 or DC 18 stun, Blaster, heavy DL-44, range 8 m) or +6/+6/+1 ranged (3d8/20, Blaster, heavy DL-44 with Multifire, range 8 m); SQ Contact, Illicit barter, Lucky (2/day), Precise attack +1, Resource access; SV Fort +4, Ref +11, Will +5; SZ M; Rep 7; Str 10, Dex 17, Con 15, Int 15, Wis 11, Cha 12, Challenge Code E.

Equipment: Unique Swoop, Comlink, Elegant Clothing.

Skills: Astrogate+13, Balance+5, Bluff+14, Computer Use+15, Diplomacy+15, Disable Device+13, Gamble+12, Gather Information+14, Pilot+17, Repair+13, Sense Motive+13, Spot+11.

Feats: Improved Initiative, Infamy, Influence, Martial Arts, Skill Emphasis (Diplomacy), Skill Emphasis (Pilot), Weapon Group Proficiency (blaster pistols), Weapon Group Proficiency (simple weapons).

"And They're Off...."

2006-06-21T00:01:00.000-04:00

Well, mentors always say, "put your best foot forward," so here I am, giving you a character of mine. Arani was an Engineer for the Alderaan Royal Engineers during the Clone Wars. Toward the closing of the Clone Wars, when she was 25, she went on a sabbatical to look for inspiration to use in further ship designs. I'm playing her in a game, but feel free to use her as an NPC. I'll be posting a number of ships that she's built. So stay tuned for those.

Young cousin of Cpt. Raymus Antilles, and niece of the former Senator from Alderaan, Bail Antilles, Arani had a priveledged youth. Allowed the best education Alderaan could offer, but that wasn't enough for her. Her parents had hoped she'd become a great artist or poet, but Arani instead had a passion for machines, Starships to be more precise. After classes she would go walk around the Spacer's Quarter, gazing at the ships that came and went. Reluctantly, her parents allowed her to attend the Alderaan University in pursuit of her dreams, to design and build starships. After her time at the University, she applied to the Corellian Engineering Corporation, but her parents would not stand for that, and so they asked them in secret to refuse her. If their daughter was going to do this, she would build ships of beauty and style. After being refused, they convinced her to apply to the Alderaan Royal Engineers. Though the company was losing momentum in terms of business, they were still widely known for their luxury crafts, for Royalty, and those with money. Arani conformed to the standards demanded of her, in terms of looks. She didn't believe in looks over function. Which is why she had hoped for a job at the CEC. Three years into her job, she had designed four ships. Her first three were very much in line with the Alderaan standards, having little use but has luxury yachts for the wealthy. Her fourth, however, was much smaller and more functional. She designed it to be fast and manueverable because of the War going on. It was visually appealing so the ARE were complacent in selling the ship. But the ship was also cheap enough for someone with a bit of money to buy. After this fourth ship, she purchased one and took a leave of absence to look for some more inspiration for her designs.

Involving Arani in your campaign:

*Arani can be found at any spaceport in the galaxy either walking around looking at the ships docked, or examining and tinkering on her own ship, The Rising Sun. Coming from the Alderaan Antilles family as she does, she is sympathetic to those against the Empire. She also offers to act as a Transport for those in need of a ride, for a fair price. Her vehicle can be any of hers that I've posted.

*After the destruction of Alderaan, she is actively working against the Empire. Assisting the Rebellion by smuggling supplies and acting as a personnel carrier when moving between bases. Her assignment could be to transport the Heroes or have them along for security, during a smuggling mission. Her vehicle can be any of hers that I've posted.

Arani Antilles: Human Female Noble 3/Tech Specialist 3/Chief Engineer 3; Init +2; Def 18 (+8 class, +2 Dex, -2 Multi-class); Spd 10m; VP/WP 32/12; Atk +6/+1 melee or +8/+3 ranged (3d6, Blaster Pistol); SQ Favor +2; Inspire Confidence; Resource Access; Research; Instant Mastery (+4 to Disable Device); Personal Design; Efficiency +1; Structual Analysis +1; SV Fort +3, Ref +7, Will +8; FP 5; DSP 0; Rep +3; Str 10, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 18, Wis 12, Cha 14.

Equipment: Datapad, 2-blank datacards, 1 datacard with her design work on it, Diplomat's Blaster (10m, 3d6), The Rising Sun her personal ship, tool-kit on the ship.

Skills: Appraise +7, Astrogate +10, Bluff +8, Computer Use +14, Craft(Space Transport) +19, Demolitions +10, Diplomacy +7, Disable Device +14, Disguise +7, Knowledge(Engineering) +13, Listen +6, Pilot +15, Read/Write Basic, Repair +18, Search +8 , Sense Motive +6, Speak Basic, Spot +6.

Feats: Weapon Group Proficieny (Simple and Blaster Pistols), Alertness, Gearhead, Starship Operation (Space Transport), Skill Emphasis (Craft(Space Transport)), Gun Crew Chief, Spacer.

As for me personally, if anyone has any requests for starships or NPC's. I'm more than willing to take a try at them, so feel free and ask.

#100

2006-06-20T12:29:00.000-04:00

The title of the article says it all. This is the 100th resourceful article. It is actually the 105th article, but who cares! Today is a day to celebrate, but instead of celebrating with a delicious food, such as the Chocolate Cake from our 50th article milestone, I have chosen a look back on what this website has accomplished and then a look forward.

A Look Back

The site began on November 9th, 2005. I had rekindled my interest in running a Star Wars site after my geocities failure in April that year. Geocities made the site look unattractive and I had only a few updates on it. Something, perhaps the Force, directed me towards blogger. I looked at some of the blogs on it and liked the way it looked. I started the blog and turned the dying geocities site into an index. The “Minima” template didn’t last long and after one week I switched to the Rounders design that the site continues to use. November was a good month. I never missed a day of posting unlike this spring. December came and posting became a little less routine. The site also adopted the headline, “The most updated Star Wars RPG Website on the internet!” December also saw the beginning of the “From the Pantry” articles. From the Pantry is something that is completely original to Star Wars Roleplaying Resources, the one thing that makes us different from other websites out there. After slacking slightly in December, January picked up the pace and produced 20 articles, the most articles in a single month so far. February and March were okay months. Many days were skipped but the site could still be arguable considered as the most updated Star Wars RPG site on the Internet. Then came April and May, the “dark ages” of Star Wars Roleplaying Resources. High School sports took up too much of my time. There were 13 articles posted over a course of two months. With June I committed myself to revive the site and restore it to how it was at the beginning, well updated. The first week and a half of June, end of the year projects bogged me down, taking most of my time. Finally, on June 9th, the projects were completed and I could post again. Seven months to the day from when the site began, it was revitalized. With Renci Tosh, a Galactic Cup gambler, an elderly spacer with lots of stories to tell, the ship that he traveled in, a family oriented transport, and our first Prestige Class, last week has to have been the most productive week that the site has seen.

A Look Ahead

So here we are. This site has weathered one hundred articles and will hopefully survive hundreds more. Although “In motion, the future is” Star Wars Roleplaying Resources hopes to put out quality articles every weekday. Also, I hope that we can have more themed weeks, similar to the Medic Week that featured Sariah Tancredé, the Lanza Medical Speeder and the Cybot Galactica Med2 Droid. I also hope that we can put out small mini-sourcebooks. Remember, the future is always in motion and the only thing above that is a promise, is new articles every weekday. However, to help this happen, Star Wars Roleplaying Resources is no longer a one man show. As you may have noticed, there is now a list of contributors where my profile used to be. So say hello to the Star Wars Roleplaying Resources Team!

José Skysprinter
Parmenter
Mack Jace
Tauchiss

All members of the team are members of the Holonet and clicking on their name will bring you to their profile there.

The first hundred were good start, here’s to a great next hundred and beyond.

Slug-Proof

2006-06-19T06:14:00.000-04:00

Creshaldyne Industries followed up their popular Blast-Dampening Armor with their less popular slug-proof armor. They knew that there was less of a demand for slug-proof armor and they made a smaller production of it. They routinely produce more when it is ordered. Some Planetary Police forces that face problems with slugs tend to order these sets of armor. The vest is composed of an ultra-modern synthetic fiber. That is extremly dense. This reduces most slug shots from skin-penetrating to heavy thuds.

Creshaldyne Industries Slug-Proof Armor
Armor Type: Medium Armor
Profeciency Group: Medium
Cost: 6500
Damage Reduction: 2 or 5 agaist slugthrowers or other non energy attacks
Maximum: Dex Bonus: +2
Armor Check Penalty: -2
Speed: 8m/4m
Weight: 5 kg
Availability: Uncommon
Era: All

Be sure to come back tomorrow for our 100th Article!

From the Pantry: Now That's Cooking with Class

2006-06-16T15:23:00.000-04:00

Instead of the food that traditionally comes out of the pantry here at Star Wars Roleplaying Resources, the Chefs in the pantry are serving up something that has never been done here, a prestige class -- The Chef

Chef

The chef is an individual who is a master of culinary arts. Unique spices are his tools as he makes masterpieces for the galaxy to enjoy. By the time that a Chef has taken this prestige class, he is probably an associate chef at a large restaurant, or the head chef at a small one.

Requirements:
Skills: Profession (Cook) 6 ranks
Reputation Bonus: +2

Game Rule Information
Vitality: Chefs gain 1d6 vitality points per level. The character’s Constitution modifier applies.

Class Skills
The Chef’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are as follows:
Computer Use (Int), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Gather Information (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (Int), Profession (Wis), Read/Write Language (none), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Speak Language (none).
Skill Points at Each Level: 6 + Intelligence Modifier.

Class Features
The following are the features of the chef prestige class.

Level..BAB..Fort..Reflex..Will ..Special..........Defense..Reputation
1.......+1...+1.....+2......+1....Specialty Dish..........+1.......+1
2.......+2...+1.....+3......+1....Kitchen Leadership....+2.......+2
3.......+2...+2.....+3.......+2....Specialty Dish.........+2.......+2
4.......+3...+2.....+4.......+2.....Chef Specialty........+2.......+3
5.......+4...+2.....+4........+3....Specialty Dish.........+3.......+3

Starting Feats
Weapon Group Proficiency (Blaster Pistols)
Weapon Group Proficiency (Simple Weapons)

Specialty Dish
At 1st, 3rd, and 5th level the chef designates one food item as a specialty dish. The chef gains a +5 bonus to the Profession (Cook) check to cook this food. Each time the chef gains this ability, he must choose a different dish.

Kitchen Leadership
By directing the actions of others, a chef can increase their chances of success at cooking food. This requires a Diplomacy Check (DC 10 + the number of assistant chefs to be assisted) and a full-round action. A success grants a competence bonus on all his assistant chefs Profession (Cook) checks for a single task. The bonus is +3 for any of the chef’s specialty dishes and +2 for any other dish. All assistants to be affected must be within sight and voice range of the chef and be able to understand him.

Chef Specialty
At 4th level, the chef gains a chef specialty from the following list.

Nutritionist - This chef has studied nutrition and knows how to maximize the nutritional value of food. Two extra vitality points are restored by consuming dishes that this chef has cooked.
Tasty Ingredients – food that the chef cooks tastes better than normal food. The price is increased by 25% when purchasing food from this cook. This chef gains a +3 bonus to the profession aspect of the Profession (Cook) skill.
Diversified Specialties – This chef gains another Specialty Dish.
Head Chef Leadership – This chef gains a +2 bonus to diplomacy checks used for the Kitchen Leadership ability and may grants an additional +1 bonus to each assistant chef.

Important Note: Usage of this Prestige Class revolves around the Revised Profession Skill Rules found here.

CEC Camry 720

2006-06-15T10:20:00.000-04:00

Corellian Engineering Corporation Camry 720

The CEC Camry Series was designed with families in mind. The Camry is designed to carry eight people with a livable comfort level for a low price. Its specialty goes far beyond it price, even though it is under one hundred thousand. The interior consists of the cockpit, sleeping quarters, a small kitchen, and a large central room called the “retreat.” The retreat is home to numerous knick-knacks such as a top quality sound system, holoprojector, game table, comfortable chairs and a computer terminal. The Camry is affordable to most families that desire to own a starship. Some say that it doesn’t fit the civilian market because it doesn’t have any shields to protect its passengers. Instead of expensive shields, CEC has plated the hull thicker and supplied an escape pod, for a much cheaper price than shields. The design also keeps with CEC tradition of customizable armaments. It has a total of eight emplacement points, with a Laser Cannon equipped only for some sort of defense. Most owners choose to sell the laser cannon and put in a few light lasers. The inexpensive price and family-oriented retreat room have helped make the Camry a top seller and you can be sure that CEC continues the line.

Craft: Corellian Engineering Corporation Camry 720; Class: Space Transport; Cost: 93500 (new), 32000 (used); Size: Small (27 meters long); Initiative: +3 (+1 Size, +2 Crew); Crew: 1 (Normal +2); Passengers: 7; Cargo Capacity: 50 metric tons; Consumables: 1 month; Hyperdrive: x3 (backup x12); Maximum Speed: Attack; Maneuver: +3 (+1 size, +2 crew); Defense 21 (+1 size, +10 armor); Shield Points: none; Hull Points: 180; DR: 20.
Weapon: Laser Cannon; Fire Arc: Turret; Attack Bonus: +5 (+1 size, +2 crew, +2 fire control); Damage: 4d10x2; Range Modifiers: PB +0, S +0, M/L N/A.

Notes: The Camry was my Submission in the Starship Challenge at SWRPGNetwork. I'll keep you posted how it does.

Don't Stare at the Eclipse

2006-06-14T17:10:00.000-04:00

"Don't stare at the Eclipse for too long," Kadro Cassilus shouts to you, "You'll get envious."

Yesterday, Star Wars Roleplaying Resources brought you Kadro Cassilus, an old spacer with many stories to tell. This is the ship he traveled in when he experienced what are now his tales. The Golden Eclipse is pictured above as it prepares to eclipse the sun.

The Golden Eclipse is the personal starship of Kadro Cassilus. He had it made after many decades traveling the lanes of hyperspace and with inheritance money that he collected when his family members passed away. The shipÂs interior is designed exquisitely. The couches are of very fine quality and the many bedrooms could be called suites. Some politicians have traveled in the Golden Eclipse when they feel that their own vessel may the target of an attack. On the exterior, the ship is designed to look streamlined. It is composed a wide cylinder shaped body, defined by a crest along the top of the ship. The cockpit of the ship narrows and takes the form of a head of an avian creature. Theentrancee to the ship is at the beak; the mouth opens and swallows passengers into the luxury of the ship. Kadro relies on his clean reputation and heavy shielding and armor against attacks instead of his guns. The guns could repulse small attacks, but many other ships have stronger armaments.

Golden Eclipse: Craft: Kuat Drive Yards Private Contract Build; Class: Space Transport; Cost 2.19 million credits; Size: Medium (95.7m); Crew: 1 (Highly Skilled +6); Passengers 31; Cargo Capacity: 20000mt; Consumables: 9 months; Hyperdrive: 1x, Backup Hyperdrive x12; Maximum Speed: Attack; Defense: 20 (+10 armor); Shield Points/Hull Points: 150/300; DR: 30. Initiative: +6 (+6 crew); Maneuver: +6 (+6 crew).
Weapon: Quad Laser Cannons (10); Fire Arc: 4 fire-linked front, 2 fire-linked right, 2 fire-linked left, 2 fire-linked rear; Attack Bonus +12 (+6 crew, +6 fire control,); Damage: 6d10x2; Range Modifiers PB +0, S +0, M/L n/a.

Artwork Credit: Jose Skyprinter

Respect your Elders in the Space Lanes

2006-06-13T21:54:00.000-04:00

Kadro Cassilus is an old flyer-for-hire. He has been flying starships a lot longer than many of the hot shots out there. He also has never involved himself in any of the illegal activities that many other space pilots get involved with. He is often found in a cantina telling stories of his travels to younger spacers. He tells stories about his adventures, politics, the way life used to be, etc. He still carries out some contracts in his ship the Golden Eclipse. After a long life of traveling the space lanes the Golden Eclipse is a well equipped ship, unlike many ships that are owned by smugglers. He has had many co-pilots through the years. All have gone on to their own ships. He is currently searching for a co-pilot.

Involving Kadro in your campaign
*Kadro can be found at any cantina in the galaxy telling his stories to those who want to listen. Have Kadro become friendly with the characters.
*Kadro was recently hired to deliver a shipment of foodstuffs to a planet. While en route to his destination he went to check the shipment and found that the crates were filled with slaves. He has turned around and is trying to find help at the local cantina to handle the situation. He wants his reputation as a clean pilot to remain.

Kadro Cassilius: Old Male Human Fringer 1/Scout 10; Init +4; Def 17 (+7 class); Spd 10m; VP/WP 65/8; Atk +7/+2 melee or +7/+2 ranged (3d6, Blaster Pistol); SQ Trailblazing, Heart +1, Skill Mastery (Pilot, Astrogate), Evasion, Extreme Effort, Uncanny Dodge; SV Fort +6, Ref +6, Will +7; FP 4; DSP 1; Rep +2; Str 11, Dex 10, Con 8, Int 16, Wis 14, Cha 13.
Equipment: Blaster Pistol, Old looking Flight Suit, Keys to Golden Eclipse
Skills: Astrogate +19, Demolitions +6, Entertain (Storytelling) +19, Gamble +6, Hide +12, Listen +13, Move Silently +7, Pilot +16, Profession (Pilot) +15, Read/Write Basic, Repair +11, Search +14, Speak Basic, Speak Huttese, Speak Rodese, Spot +15, Survival +12.
Feats: Combat Reflexes, Cosmopolitan (Entertain [Storytelling]), High Culture, Improved Initiative, Point Blank Shot, Spacer, Starship Operation, Transport, Track Weapon Group Proficiencies (Simple Weapons, Blaster Pistols, Blaster Rifles, Primitive Weapons).

Tainting the Sport

2006-06-12T19:08:00.000-04:00

SEE WOOKIEEPEDIA: Bolo-ball

Bolo-ball picture taken from the Wookieepedia

Clairpol Mor’rine
Clairpol Mor’rine was a sports fanatic on Coruscant, where he was born. He followed all sorts of professional sports teams, but his favorite sport event was the Galactic Cup. The Galactic Cup is the biggest competition in bolo-ball and is held every five years. Teams from nearly every planet compete. The Galactic Cup was also one of the biggest gambling events in the galaxy. Clairpol Mor’rine is a huge fan of the Coruscant team and that his how he lost every decicred he ever earned. Five years ago he bet everything he had on Coruscant during the opening round, and they lost horribly. This year, he is trying to make the money back and pay off his debts. He is paying of some players to blow the game. He bets huge amounts of money, and then promises half of it to various players.

Description
Clairpol is dark-purple skinned and has white long white hair. He wears a respectable looking outfit and always carries a blaster pistol. That blaster pistol has helped Clairpol get out of situations with debt collectors before, and he trusts it will again.

Goals
Clairpol is out to make as much money as he possibly can on this Galactic Cup. He does gamble in other areas such as Sabbacc and other games, but the Galactic Cup has the attention of everyone and he wants to capitalize on it.

Tactics
Clairpol avoids fighting at all costs. If he is shot at he will shoot back, but if he feels a threatening situation coming, he does his best to avoid it all together.

Roleplaying Tips
Make many bets with many people for more money than you have; it will pay out in the end because you have guaranteed the outcome. Greet people by talking about the Galactic Cup, get them interested and bet a small amount. Once they lose, they’ll try to win it back. Make the second bet count.

Era Notes
Clairpol can be found on any planet that has a place to make wagers. He will likely be in an established casino on a heavily populated world, but he can travel to other worlds.

Clairpol Mor’rine: Male Ryn Fringer 2/Scoundrel 6; Init +1; Def 17 (+6 class, +1 dex); Spd 10m; VP/WP 37/11; Atk +4 melee or +6 ranged (3d6, Blaster Pistol); SQ Musical Beak, Prehensile Tail, Bonus Class Skill (Sense Motive), Barter, Illicit Barter, Lucky (3/day), Precise Attack +1; SV Fort +5, Ref +8, Will +4; FP 1; DSP 2; Rep +4; Str 9, Dex 12, Con 11, Int 14, Wis 12, Cha 16.
Equipment: Blaster Pistol, Datapad, Datacard detailing all bets, Respectable Outfit, Bolo-ball Team Coruscant Paraphernalia
Skills: Appraise +8, Bluff +17, Computer Use +5, Diplomacy +5, Entertain (flute) +9, Forgery +5, Gamble +17, Knowledge (Sports: Bolo-ball) +12, Read/Write Basic, Read/Write Ryn, Search +9, Sense Motive +8, Sleight of Hand +10, Speak Basic, Speak Ryn, Spot +13.
Feats: Alertness, Card Shark, Extra Lucky, Headstrong, Infamy, Skill Emphasis (Bluff), Skill Emphasis (Gamble), Weapon Group Proficiencies (Simple Weapons, Blaster Pistols, Primitive Weapons).

Renci Tosh

2006-06-09T18:53:00.000-04:00

Renci Tosh was born on the rid-rim world of Besbrilldra. On her eighteenth birthday her mother died in some conflict with Imperial troops. Her father and mother ran a rebel cell on Besbrilldra. They gathered information, and ran small scale missions. With his wife dead, Yoko informed Renci about his rebellious activities. Renci had been kept in the dark until this point. Renci thought it could be a way to avenge her mother in a small way, but she was also displeased with the Empire’s strong grasp on everything in the galaxy. She joined her father’s cell. The Imperials slowly discovered most of the cell’s members, eventually arresting all but Yoko and Renci. Renci knew they were on to her so she ran off planet. She was preparing to land on Ord Mantell for a break from Hyperspace when a band of pirates descended on her and fried her engine, forcing her to land in the middle of nowhere. She abandoned her ship and walked into the main city where she met Gotthelm and Spam. These two would help her fix her ship and eventually join her cell, along with Fannin, Antonio Skysprinter, Tom Skysprinter, Ireak Tal’Ra, and Fred Dread. She has moved up the ladder of the rebellion, now having some acquaintances on the galactic scale and often participating in important operations. She is extremely skilled in the outdoors, and is a dangerous one woman unit because of her sneaking skills and accuracy.

Renci Tosh: Female Human Scout 7; Init +3; Def 18 (+5 class, +3 dex); Spd 10m; VP/WP 27/10; Atk +4 melee or +8 ranged (3d6, Blaster Pistol) or +8 ranged (3d8, Blaster Rifle. SQ Trailblazing, Heart +1, Skill Mastery (Pilot), Evasion, Extreme Effort, Uncanny Dodge; SV Fort +4, Ref +7, Will +6; FP 3; DSP 0; Rep +1; Str 8, Dex 16, Con 10, Int 13, Wis 14, Cha 12.
Equipment: Blaster Pistol, Blaster Rifle, Camouflage Gear, Rugged Clothes.
Skills: Astrogate +10, Bluff +3, Climb +8, Hide +12, Listen +14, Pilot +12, Search +10, Spot +14, Survival +9, Swim +5.
Feats: Alertness, Dodge, Point Blank Shot, Starship Operation (Starfighter), Track, Weapon Group Proficiencies (Simple Weapons, Blaster Pistols, Blaster Rifles).

June: A Revitalizing Time

2006-06-01T14:09:00.000-04:00

That's right everybody. June is now underway and Star Wars Roleplaying is back to serve you. I have put up a From the Pantry Article today to whet your appetite . The tennis season is over with Smithfield falling to Westerly in the quarterfinals, and by the end of this weekend, all of my projects for school will be done!
Star Wars Roleplaying Resources will once again have daily articles, starting monday of next week.

I have been keeping busy with Star Wars as well. I have made two contributions to the upcoming Rebellion Era Infinities Sourcebook on the SWRPGNetwork. Go over and check it out.

So enjoy the Phizz and thank you for supporting SW Roleplaying Resources!

-Jose Skysprinter

From the Pantry: Phizz

2006-06-01T14:02:00.000-04:00

Phizz

Phizz (Drink)
Cost: 1 credit
Profession (Bartender) DC: N/a
Game Rules: Sugar effects: for one hour times the number of sugar effect drinks or foods consumed add +1 to all STR based skills and -1 to all DEX based skills.
Time: n/a

Phizz is a soft drink similar to Charde and Skoa except that the company tends to market toward the juveniles of the galaxy.

Chaplin for the Alliance

2006-05-22T14:30:00.000-04:00

Garrid Virtguo is a field Chaplin for the Rebel Alliance. He provides sermons when the unit is not in combat and also gives soldiers guidance and support if needed. He is trained as a soldier and may have to fight if the opportunity arises. His traditional priest attire cannot be worn on the battle field, but he is still distinguished because he wears the Ceremonial Holy Blade at his hip at all times.

Garrid Virtguo: Male Human Scoundrel 1/Soldier 3; Init +2; Def 16 (+4 class, +2 Dex); Spd 10m; VP/WP 21/10; Atk +5 melee (2d6, Ceremonial Holy Blade) or +5 ranged (3d8, Blaster Rifle); SQ Illicit Barter; SV Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +2; FP 2;DSP 0; Rep +3; Str 15, Dex 14, Con 10, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 14.
Equipment: Blast Helmet and Vest, Ceremonial Holy Blade, Field Copy of the Bodecre.
Skills: Computer Use +6, Demolitions +5, Diplomacy +3, Disable Device +4, Disguise +6, Gather Information +7, Hide +4, Intimidate +11, Knowledge (Religion) +10, Pilot +5, Spot +3
Feats: Armor Proficiency (Light), Combat Reflexes, Dodge, Influence, Persuasive, Skill Emphasis (Knowledge [Religion]), Weapon Proficiencies (Simple, Blaster Pistols, Blaster Rifles, Heavy, Vibro)

The Preacher of the Bodecre

2006-05-16T14:39:00.000-04:00

Alidio Gottum is a typical priest. He is almost middle age but enjoys what he does. He is a priest that serves the Church of Kuat City after a brief stint as Chaplin of the Kuat Drive Yards. His sermons are well appreciated by his devout followers and he has his sights on Bishop of Kuat, or any other planet.

Alidio Gottum: Male Human Noble 5/Priest 3; Init +0; Def 16 (+6 class); Spd 10m; VP/WP 35/10; Atk +4 melee (2d6, Ceremonial Holy Blade) or +4 ranged; SQ Bonus Class Skill (Treat Injury), Favor +2, Inspire Confidence, Resource Access, Coordinate +1, Bonus Class Skill (Disguise), Authority, Inspire Faith; SV Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +9; FP 3;DSP 0; Rep +5; Str 10, Dex 10, Con 10, Int 12, Wis 13, Cha 18.
Equipment: Traditional Priest’s Robes, Priest Headdress, Ceremonial Holy Blade, Exquisite Copy of the Bodecre.
Skills: Computer Use +12, Diplomacy +17, Disguise +6, Entertain (Storytelling) +12, Gather Information +10, Hide +2, Intimidate +13, Knowledge (Religion) +12, Profession (Priest) +11, Read/Write Basic, Ride +2, Sense Motive +12, Speak Basic, Treat Injury +8.
Feats: Headstrong, Influence, Persuasive, Trustworthy, Weapon Group Proficiencies (Simple Weapons, Blaster Pistols), Worldwise.

Ceremonial Holy Blade

The ceremonial holy blade is not actually intended for use as a weapon. It is mostly for appearance and ritual. Some priests forced to serve on crime infested worlds, use the blade as self-defense, but the small dagger is not well suited for combat. It has been blessed and is considered holy. The handle of the dagger is of many unique designs. It often incorporates precious stones and valuable metals. The blade itself has extra luster due to the ritualistic cleaning of the blade. Every ordained priest is given a Ceremonial Holy Blade at that time and it is usually worn in a sheath that showcases the decorative hilt.

Cost: 3000 credits
Damage: 2d6
Critical: 18-20
Range Increment: -
Weight: 0.5 kg
Stun/Fort DC: -
Type: Slashing
Multifire/Autofire: -
Size: Small
Group: Simple Weapons

The Galactic Church of the Creator

2006-05-15T14:43:00.000-04:00

The Galactic Church of the Creator is the most dominant religion in the galaxy except for atheism. It was originally called the Church of Coruscant, but after Hyperspace travel allowed for the colonization of other worlds, the church changed its name to the Galactic Church of the Creator to be more accepting to its followers.

The church follows the basic idea that a “Creator” intelligently created the universe in its entirety. The Bodecre is the book of liturgy used in sermons. It carries the story of the creation of the universe and life. It contains many parables that are used as analogies to life.

The Grand Temple of the Creator on Coruscant that stands today, in the rebellion era, has been rebuilt five times. Each time the Temple has gotten larger and added on a more modern appearance, but it still uses an old design.

The church is led on a galactic scale by an Oberstpaus, a name meaning supreme father in an ancient dialect. The Oberstpaus leads the church and is a recognized throughout the galaxy. Each planet has a bishop who organizes all the parishes on that world. Each church is run and served by a Priest.

Stay tuned to Star Wars Roleplaying Resources for more information on the Galaxy’s most prominent religion. Tennis will be over in the next few weeks and so will most of my homework load, so you can expect Star Wars Roleplaying Resources to make a full comeback in the upcoming weeks.

From the Pantry: Alvisa

2006-05-05T14:46:00.000-04:00

Alvisa

Alvisa (Food)
Cost: 6 credits
Profession (Cook) DC: 20
Game Rules: One hour after consumption, the character gains +5 vitality points.
Time: 40 minutes

This dish is composed of poultry meat and a variety of vegetables. It was a popular dish during the height of the Empire, but cooked by only the most skilled cooks, and making the price much higher than it should be.

Haldin Eldu

2006-05-02T14:39:00.000-04:00

Haldin Eldu was personally trained by Darth Vader to assist in the elimination of the Jedi. With most of the Jedi gone, he was placed in command of a Star Destroyer to continue to the search, but most of the time just to be a commander. He is the captain of the Geonosis, one of the Star Destroyers in Aesh Alrey’s group. He has a myriad of force users on his star destroyer that serve as his guards, soldiers, pilots, and assassins. Haldin is an unlikable individual and many people have distaste for him. His physical strength and power in the force intimidate those who work under him and keep them in line. Even though his strength and intimidating nature play a part of holding the crew together, the real job is done by his second-in-command, Salindo Dulid. Dulid is the actual force behind the Geonosis and its oblivious, powerful captain is little more than a figurehead.

Haldin Eldu: Male Human Jedi Guardian 11; Init +3; Defense 22 (+3 Dex, +9 Class); Spd 10m; VP/WP 65/10; Atk +17/12 melee (4d8+4, lightsaber, 18-20), +14/+9 ranged; SQ Jedi Knight; SV Fort +7, Ref +10, Will +5; SZ M; FP 3; DSP 12; Reputation 6, Str 18, Dex 16, Con 10, Int 13, Wis 10, Cha 6.
Equipment: Lightsaber, Imperial Navy Uniform, Captain Rank Insignia and Identification, comlink.
Skills: Climb +7, Computer Use +3, Intimidate +2, Knowledge (Jedi Lore) +2, Knowledge (Sith Lore ) +2, Read/Write Basic, Speak Basic, Tumble +6.
Force Skills: Affect Mind +5, Battlemind +5, Drain Energy +7, Drain Knowledge +6, Enhance Ability +2, Enhance Senses +2, Farseeing +2, Fear +5, Force Defense +3, Force Grip +8, Force Stealth +2, Heal Self +6, Illusion +3, Move Object +2, Telepathy +1.
Feats: Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Lightsaber), Improved Critical (Lightsaber), Martial Artist, Spring Attack, Weapon Focus (Lightsaber), Weapon Group Proficiencies (Blaster Pistols, Simple Weapons).
Force Feats: Alter, Burst of Speed, Control, Force Sensitive, Knight Speed, Sense.

Munjo's Crown of Kings

2006-04-24T15:32:00.000-04:00

Archaeologists from the Moons of Selventia and Bosquetino have searched the volcanic planet Munjo for over five years and have still not found the elusive artifact, the Crown of Kings. The crown was worn by the King or Huáng of the planet. The planet only entered its volcanic age two hundred years before the Battle of Yavin. As volcanoes took control of the planet, the HuÃ¡ng Armide ordered that the planet be evacuated with the help of new found friends in their system, the Huáng Dí Empire. The Huáng Dí Empire with their primitive space technology agreed to help the inhabitants of Munjo evacuate. The ferries brought citizens to the two moons of the planet, Selventia and Bosquetino. Many of the nobility traveled to Selventia and paid ferries to take the poor to Bosquetino. This act of class segregation cost the Selventians in the long run. The Huáng Dí made the Selventians pay the bill for the ferries since they had all the power and money. The Selventians sell all their Blonde and Red haired children to the Huáng Dí Empire, while the Bosquetinos trade fruit. Huáng Armide remained in his palace throughout the entire evacuation process, vowing not to leave until everyone had made it to safety. His bravery cost him his life. The volcanic regions expanded on the planet until there was no safe place left. The King was thought to have died in his palace, but his remains, and the crown have not been found in that location. It is currently believed that he lead a group of survivors to a different safe haven where they perished a few years later.

The Crown of Kings is being searched for because of its historical value. Each moon also believes that if they find the crown they will be able to control the other moon or possibly unite and free themselves from the Huáng Dí Empire which dominates them.

Crown of Kings
Value: Immense
Weight: 2 kg

Wearing the Crown of Kings grants the wearer the following benefits:

+2 Reputation Checks within the Huáng Star System, +4 Reputation Bonus on Munjo
+4 Equipment bonus to Charisma Based Skills during the Pre-Volcanic Age on Munjo
+2 Force Bonus to Charisma Based Skills any time
Special Quality: Insipre Confidence (Noble)
Special Quality: Lucky (1/Day) (Scoundrel)

From the Pantry: Abrax Cognac

2006-04-21T17:40:00.000-04:00

Abrax Cognac

Abrax Cognac (Drink)
Cost: 2 credits
Profession (Bartender) DC: n/a
Game Rules: Intoxicating Substance: Fort Save DC 10. If the save is failed the drinker becomes disoreinted and any rolls made by the drinker suffer a -4 penalty.
Time: n/a

Abrax Cognac is a dilluted wine that is pale blue in appearance.

An "Attractive" New Feat

2006-04-20T18:01:00.000-04:00

The naturally attractive of the galaxy find ways to use their looks to get their desires.

Good Looks
You are considered exceptionally attractive which allows you to get your way with people.
Prerequisites: Charisma 16
Benefit: You gain +2 synergy bonuses to Bluff checks, Diplomacy checks, Reputation checks, & favor checks, and you pay ¾ the price for Gather Information Checks. You also suffer a -2 penalty to Intimidation checks.

From the Pantry: Gukked Eggs

2006-04-19T14:53:00.000-04:00

Gukked Eggs

Gukked Eggs (Food)
Cost: 1 credit
Profession (Cook) DC: 5
Game Rules: One hour after consumption the consuming character gains +5 Vitality Points. Also, for four hours after consumption, but beginning one hour after consumption, Vitality Points are restored at twice the normal rate.
Time: 5 Minutes

Gukked Eggs is a fried version of scrambled eggs. It is a good way to start the day and often leaves people feeling refreshed after they eat it.

Tom Skysprinter

2006-04-18T21:23:00.000-04:00

Tom is a human Jedi and is the brother of the late Antonio Skysprinter. During Tom's early training he experimented with the Dark Side. He became profecient in its power, but later converted back to the light after seeing his corrupted brother suffer and die. Tom later became a notorious criminal with his connection to the droid starship thefts. He practically paid an entire bank to get himself out of trouble.

Check out the Campaign History to see what Tom has done.
Check out the quotes to see what Tom has said.

Stats: Current

Tom Skysprinter: Male Human Jedi Guardian 6; Init +0; Def 15 (+5 class); Spd 10m; VP/WP 60/11; Atk +10/+4 melee (3d8+3 lightsaber) or +6/+1 ranged (7d6 TX Engineering T-415); SQ Deflect (defense +1), Deflect (attack -4), Increased Lightsaber Damage (3d8), Deflect (extend defense and attack); SV Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +3; FP 3; DSP 2; Rep +2; Str 17, Dex 11, Con 11, Int 12, Wis 11, Cha 10.
Equipment: Jedi Robes, Lightsaber, TX Engineering T-415, Heavy Blaster Pistol, Comlink, Vibrodagger, Datapad, Hold-out blaster, Stormtrooper Armor, Imperial Guard Patch, Power Pack x3.
Skills: Hide +1, Intimidate +1, Knowledge (Jedi Lore) +3, Pilot +4, Read/Write Basic, Speak Basic.
Force Skills: Affect Mind +6, Battlemind +7, Drain Energy +3, Enhance Ability +1, Enhance Senses +1, Farseeing +1, Force Defense +1, Force Grip +5, Force Lightning +4, Force Stealth +1, Force Strike +5, Heal Another +1, Heal Self +1, Illusion +4, Move Object +7, See Force +1, Telepathy +1.
Feats: Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Lightsaber), Power Attack, Weapon Focus (Lightsaber), Weapon Group Proficiencies (Simple weapons, blaster pistols)
Force Feats: Alter, Control, Dissipate Energy, Force Sensitive, Mettle, Mind Trick.

Equipment stored Elsewhere: Heavy Cloak, Chevy Concept Truck

The Continuing Adventures of Valdo: Driftwood

2006-04-17T14:17:00.000-04:00

joseThe Continuing Adventures of Valdo, follow Valdo on his adventures. To see the archives of The Continuing Adventures of Valdo, click here. Stick with Star Wars Roleplaying Resources to follow the story and learn the fate of the unfortunate Duro.

The Continuing Adventures of Valdo: Driftwood

6th Day since impact

The rain stopped today, but the water did not recede so most of the day was spent on board the Memsochet. I also managed to finish the realspace receiver, as I said I would yesterday. All I need is a stronger power supply and I should have a transmitter that should be able to cover the whole planet or most of it. I could have easily just rewired some things, but I got tired of being in the ship and once again tried to fish. I caught three of those little fish today, but my biggest catch was one of the natives. The Edstigarian was drifting down stream, probably a casualty of the recent flooding. I snagged him with the fishing line and examined their strange body. As I noted during the first encounter, these creatures walk on three slender legs. They seemed to be quick and nimble, if I remember correctly. Their muscles seem less developed than most species. It is possible that these Edstigarians are not very strong. The scariest part of the entire body is the skull. The skull is larger than that of a human of comparable size. These “big heads” probably have big brains, and I don’t want to make enemies with a race of strange smart creatures from a different world.

The Edstigarians

Personality: At this point all, Edstigarians are still living on Edstigar and favor professions such as fishing and hunting.
Physical Description: A humanoid species with the exception for their tripedal characteristics. Their skin is primarily grey. They also have a large skull and stand 1.7 meters tall.
Homeworld: Edstigar
Language: Eddiaan
Age in Years: Child 1-10; Young Adult 11-14; Adult 15-27; Middle Age 28-40; Old 40-50; Venerable 60+
Example Names: Jolm, Malm, Dilm, Harulm, Dii-lum
Adventurers: The Edstigarians that do become adventures probably would begin as Fringers, Scouts, and Soldiers.
Edstigarian Species Traits
· +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom, -2 Strength, -2 Constitution: Edstigarians are agile and have great mental abilities, but are not very strong.
· Medium-Size: As medium size creatures, Edstigarians have no special bonuses or penalties.
· Edstigarian Base Speed is 10m.
· +2 Survival Checks and Fortitude Saves made in Cold Weather; -2 Survival Checks and Fortitude Saves in Hot Weather: Edstigar has a colder climate than the average, desirable, inhabited planet and the Edstigarians are used to these temperatures.
· Primitive: An Edstigarian receives the bonus feat Weapon Group Proficiency (Primitive Weapons) and Weapon Group Proficiency (Simple Weapons) instead of the starting feats normally given at 1st level.
· Tripedal: Edstigarians have three legs and are granted a +2 stability bonus against trip attacks and bantha rush attacks.
· Automatic Language: Read/Write and Speak Eddiaan

To see the rest of The Continuing Adventures of Valdo, please visit the archive dedicated to The Continuing Adventures of Valdo, which can be found here.

Extreme Makeover: Starship Edition

2006-04-05T18:29:00.000-04:00

[VOICEOVER] Today on Extreme Makeover: Starship Edition we feature Gotthelm of Mon Calamari who wants his starfighter, the Triton, fixed up a little. Let's see what the design team can do.
[VOICEOVER] Runkil here is going to work on providing that extra armor protection that Gotthelm desires.
[RUNKIL] Well this ship is sure a handful. The current armor plating shows lots of blaster carbon scoring. Hopefully, what we can do will be able to protect Gotthelm, but also the ship, which he obviously loves so much. The armor plating itself is going to be quite expensive for a ship this size, but we went to SEARS Galactic to get our armor plating. Gotthelm will get the good life at a great price. This extra protection does have a cost to his ship though. It will be much harder to manuever and all the cargo space has been exausted.
[VOICEOVER] Thanks Runkil, lets check in with Gunbert who is working on the ion cannons.
[GUNBERT] Gotthelm wanted some really big ion cannons, but we really don't have that much to work with. This ship is only 5 meters long at its longest point. However, I did manage to include a recessed rotating ion cannon. It is a very interesting design. It can allow for a double ion shot for a starfighter or a single ion shot for a transport. This ship is very small and it is the absolute best I can do with.
[VOICEOVER] Last but not least, lets see how Spehiedi is doing on the engines
[SPEHIEDI] Well, one way to counteract the armor is to give a better motor, so we went to SEARS Galactic and got one that will give Gotthelm a good life at a great price. This is a engine here is a modified Duro Galactic Engineering Corporation Ion Speedster. It should give this small but powerful ship some well needed speed.
[VOICEOVER] Well Gotthelm has returned from Disney Planet! Let's reveal the ship, everybody, MOVE THAT BUS!

Triton: Craft: Mon Calamari Private Build Fighter; Class: Starfighter; Cost 13.6 million credits; Size: Fine (5m); Crew: 1 (Skilled +4); Passengers 3; Cargo Capacity: 0kg; Consumables: 3 days; Hyperdrive: 0.5x, Backup Hyperdrive 4x; Maximum Speed: Ramming; Defense: 33 (+8 size, +15 armor); Shield Points/Hull Points: 350/120; DR: 10. Initiative: 12 (+8 size, +4 crew); Maneuver: +15 (+8 size, +4 crew, +3 Maneuvering System, -4 Additional Armor, +4 Engine Quality).
Weapon: Assault Laser Cannon (4, Fire-linked): Fire arc: Front; Attack Bonus: +20 (+8 size, +8 fire control, +4 Engine Quality); Damage: 7d10x2; Range Modifiers: PB+0, S+0, M/L N/A.
Weapon: Proton Torpedo Launcher (2, 16 each): Fire Arc: Front; Damage: 9d10x2; Missile Quality (Amazing +20).
Weapon: Rotational Ion Cannon: Starfighter Setting (2, Fire-linked): Fire arc: Front; Attack Bonus: +20 (+8 size, +8 fire control, +4 engine quality); Damage: Special, -3 Ionization Penalty; Range Modifiers: PB +0, S+0, M/L n/a.
Weapon: Rotational Ion Cannon: Transport Setting; Fire Arc: Front; Attack Bonus: +20 (+8 size, +8 fire control, +4 engine quality); Damage: Special, -2 Ionization Penalty; Range Modifiers: PB +0, S +0, M +0, L n/a.
Special: Slave Circuit connected to Controller in Gotthelm’s Lightsaber.
Special: Amazing Sensor Mask (+8 to Computer Use DC).

From the Pantry: Banzon

2006-04-04T15:47:00.000-04:00

Banzon

Banzon (Food)
Cost: 2 Credits
Profession (Cook) DC: 5
Game Rules: Consuming Character gets a +2 bonus to Spot checks for two hours beginning one hour after consumption
Time:10 minutes

Banzon is a light green vegetable and may be eaten raw (if so, ignore Profession roll and time).

Senant Lambada Starfighter

2006-03-23T16:37:00.000-05:00

The Senant Lambada Starfighter, usually just called the Lambada Fighter, is a design by Moff Senant’s Think Tank. It takes the basic design of the Lambada shuttle, and makes it into a maneuverable fighter. This is one of the Moff’s few successful designs. The design was sent to Sienar Fleet Systems and they made a few hundred of the starfighters. These starfighters are currently on the Fiery Thought and the Geonosis, two Star Destroyers that are under Flight Admiral Aesh Alrey’s command.

Sienar Fleet Systems Senant Lambada Starfighter: Class: Starfighter; Cost 60000 credits; Size: Tiny 12m; Initiative: 6 (+2 size, +4 crew); Crew: 1 (Skilled +4); Passengers: 0; Hyperdrive: none; Cargo Capacity: 65kg; Maximum Speed: Ramming; Maneuver: +6 (+2 size, +4 crew); Defense: 22 (+2 size, +10 armor); Shield Points: 0; Hull Points: 120; DR: 10.
Weapon: Blaster Cannon (2, fire-linked); Fire Arc: Front; Attack Bonus: +10 (+2 size, +4 crew, +4 fire control); Damage: 4d10x2; Range Modifiers: PB +0, S +0, M/L n/a.

Ireak Tal'Ra

2006-03-22T06:09:00.000-05:00

Ireak Tal’Ra is a Bothan diplomat from Bothawui. He is one of the top envoys of Bothan Space. He has been in the rebellion for a long time and joined the group shortly before the Trevuran Incident. His quotes are often the most memorable and a link to them can be found below.

Check out the Campaign History to see what Ireak has done.

Check out the quotes to see what Ireak has said.

Stats: Current

Ireak Tal’ra: Male Bothan Noble 2/Bureaucratic Envoy 4; Init +3; Def 19 (+6 class, +3 dex); Spd 10m; VP/WP 30/8; Atk +4 melee (2d4 vibrodagger) or +7 ranged (3d6 Blaster Pistol) or +3/-1 ranged (3d6/3d6 Two Blaster Pistols). SQ Favor +1, Bonus Class Skill Gather Info, Inspire Confidence, Title: Envoy, Salary: 5000, Assistants, Small Transport; SV Fort +1, Ref +8, Will +6; FP 5; DSP 0; Rep +7; Str 10, Dex 16, Con 8, Int 11, Wis 11, Cha 16.
Equipment: Bothan Clan Leader Datacard, cloak, comlink, Bureaucratic Envoy Identification, datapad, hold-out blaster, Thermal Detonator x3, Imperial Identification, Power Pack x3, vibrodagger, blaster pistol x2, Graceful Bothan.
Skills: Appraise +3, Balance +4, Bluff +8, Computer Use +6, Craft +4, Diplomacy +12, Disguise +4, Escape Artist +5, Forgery +2, Gather Info +14, Handle Animal +4, Hide +4, Knowledge (Politics) +2, Listen +2, Move Silently +5, Pilot +5, Read/Write Basic, Read/Write Bothanese, Repair +1, Ride +4, Search +1, Sense Motive +4, Sleight of Hand +5, Speak Basic, Speak Bothanese, Spot +4.
Feats: Armor Proficiency (Light), Fame, Influence, Two Weapon Fighting, Weapon Group Proficiencies (Simple weapons, blaster pistols)

Equipment stored Elsewhere: E-Web Blaster

Moff Tenos Senant

2006-03-21T06:14:00.000-05:00

Tenos Senant is a strong supporter of the sciences. In his regions of space, he encourages science to be the subject of choice for young individuals. He often recruits some of these bright, young engineers to his fleet where they design new equipment for the Imperial Navy. Some of the designs have graduated into prototypes, but none have made it any farther.
Moff Senant controlled an area of the outer rim that contained Tatooine, Geonosis, and Ryloth. After the assassination of Moff Frionde, he was placed in control of both his section and Moff Frionde’s, which included mid-rim worlds such as Kyoh, Rodia, and Ando. This is only temporary, until the Emperor chooses a new Moff who will fill the vacancy.
The Moff’s fleet is large, totaling around fifty Star Destroyers over the vast area that he oversees. He often travels in the Eradicator, the flagship of Fleet Admiral Aesh Alrey’s fleet. On board the Eradicator is the Moff’s think tank where his bright minds research and develop the future of the Imperial Navy. He hopes that his team of researchers will design something big, and he can share in the glory.
As a Moff, Tenos Senant is always accompanied by four stormtroopers, with many more available if needed. He also is the ranking officer of the Eradicator and fifty other star destroyers that are under his command. Although he is the ranking officer of the Eradicator, he often gives this responsibility to Aesh Alrey, so he can spend his time doing more important things, such as attending to his think tank.

Moff Tenos Senant: Male Human Noble 3/Soldier 1/Tech Specialist 1/Officer 4/Imperial Moff 1; Init +1; Def 18 (+7 class, +1 dex); Spd 10m; VP/WP 59/10; Atk +6/+1 melee or +7+2 ranged (3d6 Blaster Pistol). SQ Bonus Class Skill Gather Info, Favor +2, Inspire Confidence, Resource Access (Noble), Leadership, Requisition Supplies, Backup, Resource Access (Imperial Moff); SV Fort +5, Ref +7, Will +11; FP 2; DSP 4; Rep +6; Str 10, Dex 12, Con 10, Int 15, Wis 12, Cha 16.
Equipment: Blaster Pistol, Imperial Navy Uniform, Imperial Moff Rank Insignia and Identification, Stormtrooper Guard Detail, Comlink.
Skills: Appraise +3, Astrogate +4, Bluff +6, Computer Use +14, Diplomacy +16, Gather Info +15, Intimidate +9, Knowledge (Tactics) +17, Knowledge (Bureaucracy) +11, Pilot +8, Profession (Imperial Moff) +14, Read/Write Basic, Sense Motive +10, Speak Basic.
Feats: Armor Proficiency (Light), Imperial Command Training, Influence, Iron Will, Point Blank Shot, Skill Emphasis (Knowledge [Tactics]), Starship Operation (Capital Ship), Trustworthy, Weapon Group Proficiencies (simple, blaster pistols, blaster rifles, vibro, heavy).

Aesh Alrey

2006-03-20T16:54:00.000-05:00

Aesh Alrey is a Fleet Admiral of the Imperial Navy. He has one Imperial Star Destroyer under his command, The Eradicator. Moff Tenos Senant is often on board The Eradicator. The Eradicator travels with three other Star Destroyers. The Eradicator is the only Imperial II Star Destroyer in the group, one of the first Imperial II Star Destroyer’s created.
Moff Senant often leaves Aesh in control of the ship and oversees the secret research and development that takes place on board. The research and development has turned out quite a few designs and a few prototypes. Moff Senant’s goal is that his research and development team will design the next big thing for the Imperial Navy and he will share in the glory. Aesh dislikes Moff Senant, and believes that his warship should exist for the purpose of fighting battles and not as a design center.
As a Fleet Admiral, Aesh Alrey commands many more battle groups of Star Destroyers and if he is planning on going into battle, he can summon another ten Star Destroyers or so. Also as a Fleet Admiral, he has a stormtrooper guard detail wherever he is. This guard detail consists of two stormtroopers with him at all times and there are often more within a short distance.
Aesh patrols an area of the mid-rim that includes Kyoh, Rodia, and Ando, and served under Moff Frionde before his assassination.

Stats

Aesh Alrey: Male Human Noble 3/Soldier 2/Officer 3; Init +1; Def 17 (+6 class, +1 dex); Spd 10m; VP/WP 56/10; Atk +6/+1 melee or +7+2 ranged (3d6 Blaster Pistol). SQ Bonus Class Skill Gather Info, Favor +2, Inspire Confidence, Resource Access, Leadership, Requisition Supplies; SV Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +6; FP 3; DSP 3; Rep +6; Str 10, Dex 12, Con 10, Int 14, Wis 13, Cha 16.
Equipment: Blaster Pistol, Imperial Navy Uniform, Fleet Admiral Rank Insignia and Identification, Stormtrooper Guard Detail, Comlink, The Eradicator.
Skills: Astrogate +4, Bluff +6, Computer Use +13, Diplomacy +16, Gather Info +14, Intimidate +10, Knowledge (Tactics) +13, Pilot +8, Profession (Officer) +12, Read/Write Basic, Sense Motive +9 Speak Basic.
Feats: Armor Proficiency (Light), Influence, Persuasive, Point Blank Shot, Starship Operation (Capital Ship), Trustworthy, Weapon Group Proficiencies (simple, blaster pistols, blaster rifles, vibro, heavy).

The Continuing Adventures of Valdo: Gone Fishin'

2006-03-15T16:43:00.000-05:00

The Continuing Adventures of Valdo, follow Valdo on his adventures. To see the archives of The Continuing Adventures of Valdo, click here. Stick with Star Wars Roleplaying Resources to follow the story and learn the fate of the unfortunate Duro.

Gone Fishin'

5th Day since impact

Only yesterday the skies were clear and it seemed that the rain would stop for good. Today they started once more. The water from a nearby river has been steadily rising. If the rain keeps up like this my ship will be underwater. I sat on the boarding ramp to my ship most of the day, observing the planet, trying to find a way out. I did make a small breakthrough in repairing the ship. I was looking through the spare parts and with a little work, I should be able to get the ship’s realspace receiver working. I will still be missing the satellite dish that boosts the range of the communications equipment, but I should be able to hear ships if they come to this desolate place. I also tried my hand at fishing in the river for some fish. I caught one, a small little fish, but now I know that I can eat something different besides the many ration bars I brought.

Pehcamo (Food)
Cost: 5 credits
Profession (Cook) DC: 14
Game Rules: +1d6 Vitality Points are gained one hour after consumption. +2 Wisdom based skills for three hours after consumption. –2 Fortitude Saves for three hours after consumption. Bonuses and penalties due to Pehcamo do stack if multiple servings are eaten. Brain Food: Make a Constitution check at DC 12, if the roll is passed add 1 brain food point to the charachter who consumed the item. A character may only earn 1 brain food point a day. A charachter may trade in 75 brain food points to add 1 to either the charachter's Intelligence or Wisdom.
Time: Pehcamo takes 10 minutes to prepare and 15 minutes to cook

Pehcamo is a meal made from fish. Many different fish can be used. The fish are cut into small slices and mixed with some sort of green vegetable whether synthetic or organic.

To see the rest of The Continuing Adventures of Valdo, please visit the archive dedicated to The Continuing Adventures of Valdo, which can be found here.

From the Pantry: Corellian Twister

2006-03-14T17:16:00.000-05:00

Corellian Twister

Corellian Twister (Drink)
Cost: 2 Credits
Profession (Bartender) DC: 12
Game Rules: +2 Charisma based skills for two hours after consumption. Intoxicating Substance: Fort Save DC 14. if the save is failed the drinker becomes disoreinted and any rolls made by the drinker suffer a -4 penalty.
Time: 1 minute

Corellian Twister is a mixed drink. It is unsure if it actually originated on Corellia or not.

FreiTech Planetary Defense Starfighter

2006-03-13T14:51:00.000-05:00

The FreiTech Planetary Defense Starfighter was based of the designs of the Kyoh-Class Short Range Starfighter that was produced in small numbers by JDF Corp. FreiTech acquired the design after the Battle of Endor and produced the first Planetary Defense Starfighter about a year later. The overall appearance of the craft is similar, but its performance is much better. It has twice the firepower of a Kyoh-Class starfighter, a stronger hull, and a better engine. As a result, many planetary defense forces began to by the FreiTech design. The starfighters were good at dealing with pirates and other forces that could have attacked planets. In most simulations, the Planetary Defense Starfighter can take out three TIE fighters before being destroyed compared to its predecessor, the Kyoh, which barely could manage to take out two TIE Fighters

Craft: FreiTech Planetary Defense Starfighter; Cost: 110,000; Size: Tiny (13 m); Initiative: +4 (+2 size, +2 crew); Maneuver: +6 (+2 size, +2 crew, +2 Engine Quality); Crew: 1 (Normal +2); Passengers: 0; Cargo Capacity: 65 kg; Consumables: 3 days; Hyperdrive: none; Maximum Speed: Ramming; Defense: 22 (+2 size, +10 armor); Shield Points: 90; Hull Points: 150; DR: 10.
Weapon: Heavy Laser Cannons (4, fire-linked); Fire Arc: Front; Attack Bonus +12 (+2 size, +2 crew, +6 fire control, +2 Engine Quality); Damage: 5d10x2; Range Modifiers: PB +0, S+0, M/L n/a.

Artwork Credit: Jose Skysprinter

The Continuing Adventures of Valdo: Welcome to Edstigar

2006-03-10T15:41:00.000-05:00

The Continuing Adventures of Valdo: Welcome to Edstigar

4th day since Impact

The rain finally ended today. I decided to step foot outside of the Memsochet. The ground was very muddy. The region is mostly forest with the occasional clearing. I walked a few kilometers in each direction. There are many interesting species of birds on this planet.
However, the most interesting discovery I made today was not the birds. I was taking a rest, sitting on a fallen tree. I was watching a nearby stream and the strange creature that was drinking from it. Suddenly, an object hit the creature and it fell to the ground. Then two humanoids approached and dragged the animal away. I thought about approaching the beings but they could consider me a threat and shoot me as well. The species had three legs and looked like a hairless human. I immediately returned to my ship. I have had enough of Edstigar for today.

Edstigar

Planet Type: Terrestrial
Climate: Rainy, Temperate
Terrain: Forest, Snowy Forest
Atmosphere: Breathable
Gravity: 0.97 (standard)
Diameter: 5372 km
Length of Day: 23 standards hours
Length of year: 218 local days
Sentient Species: Edstigarians
Languages: Eddiaan
Population: 2000
Species Mix: Edstigarian: 100%
Government: None
Major Exports: None
Major Imports: None
Star Name: ESG-386
Planets...........Type.............Moons
Edstigar.........Terrestrial.......2
ESG-386-B.....Terrestrial.......3

Edstigar was the name given to the planet by Valdo, the first citizen of the galactic empire to visit the planet, although he didn’t have a choice. It is inhabited by a small group of three legged sentient beings. They are not technologically advanced at all and have primitive methods of shooting objects to penetrate the skin.

To see the rest of The Continuing Adventures of Valdo, please visit the archive dedicated to The Continuing Adventures of Valdo, which can be found here.

From the Pantry: Crispic

2006-03-08T18:04:00.000-05:00

Crispic

Crispic (Food)
Cost: 1 credit
Profession (Cook) DC: 5 (to cook 20)
Game Rules: For one hour after consumption, the character gains +1 to all Fort Checks made within that hour. Bonuses stack up to a +3 bonus.
Time: 5 minutes

This is a fried snack that is often found at cantinas. Many cantinas offer it complementary with a few drinks. It is believed to help excessive drinkers not feel the effects of being drunk.

The Continuing Adventures of Valdo: Totaled

2006-03-07T17:48:00.000-05:00

The Continuing Adventures of Valdo: Totaled

3rd day since Impact

Luckily, I survived the impact with hardly any scrapes and only a few bruises. My beloved Memsochet wasn’t as fortunate. It can still provide a decent shelter for me as it has rained for the last three days on this planet. The rain is weakening, I hope to go outside and explore soon. I have tried to diagnose the problems of the ships, but there are so many to fix. The sub-light drives are sufficiently damaged as is the hull. The impact also damaged the Hyperdrive, so the ship is still practically useless. The asteroid knocked off my communication transmitter and receiver, taking a large chunk out its range.

I spent a lot of time modifying this ship. I bought it brand new, with an employee discount of course. It once was just a regular Duro Galactic Engineering Corporation Xeno150. Before I left Duro, my job was to design and build sub-light engines for Duro Galactic. I used my abilities to build an awesome engine for the Memsochet, it was much faster and also a lot more maneuverable. This took the most time of the modifications. It really hurts to see the engine that I built from scratch, lying broken on the floor. I also added another shield generator and fine tuned the settings so it was at maximum capacity. It seems that those shields came in handy three days ago, without them, I may not even have reached this rainy planet. The bottom line is, that this ship is totaled, and its going to take a long time, even with my skills, to get her flying again.

The Memsochet

The Memsochet is a modified Duro Galactic Engineering Corporation Xeno150. It has a better engine and shield generators then the average Xeno150, but has lost some cargo capacity to account for these modifications.

The stats for the Memsochet are listed below, and below those are the stats for a stock Xeno150.

Craft: Memsochet (Modified Duro Galactic Engineering Corporation Xeno150); Cost: 297,000; Size: Small (31 m); Initiative: +3 (+1 size, +2 crew); Maneuver: +5 (+1 size, +2 crew, +2 Engine Quality); Crew: 1 (Normal +2); Passengers: 15; Cargo Capacity: 36 metric tons; Consumables: 6 months; Hyperdrive: x2 (Backup x12); Maximum speed: Ramming; Defense: 21 (+1 size, +10 Armor); Shield Points: 110; Hull Points: 150; DR: 10.
Weapon: Quad laser cannons (4); Fire Arc: Turret; Attack Bonus: +9 (+1 size, +2 crew, +4 fire control, +2 engine quality); Damage: 6d10x2; Range Modifiers: PB +0, S+0, M/L n/a.
Weapon: Escort quad laser cannons (4, fire-linked); Fire Arc: Front; Attack Bonus: +13 (+1 size, +2 crew, +8 fire control, +2 engine quality); Damage: 4d10x2; Range Modifiers: PB +0, S +0, M +0, L n/a.
Weapon: Ion Cannon (1); Fire Arc: Front; Attack Bonus: +7 (+1 size, +2 crew, +2 fire control, +2 engine quality); Damage: Special; Range Modifiers: PB +0, S +0, M+0, L n/a.

Craft: Duro Galactic Engineering Corporation Xeno150; Cost: 239,000 (new), 117,000 (used); Size: Small (31 m); Initiative: +3 (+1 size, +2 crew); Maneuver: +3 (+1 size, +2 crew; Crew: 1 (Normal +2); Passengers: 15; Cargo Capacity: 50 metric tons; Consumables: 6 months; Hyperdrive: x2 (Backup x12); Maximum speed: Attack; Defense: 21 (+1 size, +10 Armor); Shield Points: 60; Hull Points: 150; DR: 10.
Weapon: Quad laser cannons (4); Fire Arc: Turret; Attack Bonus: +7 (+1 size, +2 crew, +4 fire control); Damage: 6d10x2; Range Modifiers: PB +0, S+0, M/L n/a.
Weapon: Escort quad laser cannons (4, fire-linked); Fire Arc: Front; Attack Bonus: +11 (+1 size, +2 crew, +8 fire control); Damage: 4d10x2; Range Modifiers: PB +0, S +0, M +0, L n/a.
Weapon: Ion Cannon (1); Fire Arc: Front; Attack Bonus: +5 (+1 size, +2 crew, +2 fire control); Damage: Special; Range Modifiers: PB +0, S +0, M+0, L n/a.

To see the rest of The Continuing Adventures of Valdo, please visit the archive dedicated to The Continuing Adventures of Valdo, which can be found here.

The Continuing Adventures of Valdo: Impact!

2006-03-06T15:53:00.000-05:00

The Continuing Adventures of Valdo: Impact!

Hello. My name is Valdo. I am a Duro and have set out on a great adventure. I carry with me a datapad to record the adventures that I have as I travel the galaxy. I have programmed my astrogation computer to jump to a random planet in the Unknown Region of space. I write this entry while I am on route to this planet. My goal is to visit many planets and experience different things while on them. I am in my ship, the Memsochet. It means the traveler in an ancient dialect from my homeworld.
For some reason, an alarm has begun to sound. I am switching the datapad to voice recognition. It seems to be the hyperspace alarm. We are nearing a planet! [Undecipherable comment] The planet that the Memsochet has chosen seems to be surrounded by asteroids and the ship has collided with one. I’m trying to bring the ship to a safe landing on the planet. I wanted an adventure, maybe I am going to get what I asked for.
We are closing in on the planet at a very high velocity. Luckily, it seems that the asteroid that we hit didn’t pierce the hull, or at least not the pressurized area. The gauges read that I am losing pressure but we should reach the planet by then. The planet seems to be covered by trees. There is an extensive ocean and I am going to try to land on the beach. It seems to be the safest area to land. There are no signs of civilization. Coming in fast! This landing is going to definitely going to kill the ship; hopefully it won’t kill me as well.

Valdo
As Valdo said, he is a Duro who has lived on planet all of his life. He has reached the age of an adult and is looking for something to do. He believes that he could write a novel about the adventures of traveling the galaxy. While on Duro he served as a mechanic at a small repair yard.

Valdo (As of Impact): Duro Tech Specialist 2; Init. +2 (+2 Dex); Defense 15 (+3 class, +2 Dex); Spd 10m; VP/WP 10/8; Atk +0 Melee (1d4, knife) or +3 ranged (3d6, blaster pistol); SQ Research; SV Fort -1, Ref +3, Will +3; FP 1, DSP 0; Rep +0; Str 8, Dex 15, Con 8, Int 16, Wis 15, Cha 10.
Equipment: Blaster Pistol, Knife, Power Pack, Many Energy Cells, Datapad, Box of Datacards, Field Kit
Skills: Astrogate +10, Computer Use +10, Craft (Sub-Light Drives), +8, Disable Device +8, Knowledge (Technology) +5, Pilot +9, Profession (Mechanic) +5, Repair +13.
Feats: Gearhead, Skill Emphasis (Repair), Spacer, Weapon Group Proficiency (Simple Weapons).

The see the rest of The Continuing Adventures of Valdo, please visit the archive dedicated to The Continuing Adventures of Valdo, which can be found here.

From the Pantry: Ithorian Mist

2006-03-02T15:47:00.000-05:00

Ithorian Mist

Ithorian Mist (Drink)
Cost: 3 credits
Profession (Bartender) DC: N/A
Game Rules: Intoxicating Substance: Fort Save DC 14. if the save is failed the drinker becomes disoreinted and any rolls made by the drinker suffer a -4 penalty.
Time: n/a

Ithorian Mist is a form of whiskey created by the Ithorians.

Notice
I have updated the transport system within the site. Now, instead of the old, typed idex that listed Armor, NPC's, etc, a drag navigation bar has been added. This allows for more flexibility. The old index has been preserved on the front page of the Index, in case I decide to revert back to it. This new method also allows the site navigation bar to be added to the blog as well. You can see it on the sidebar. It defaultly displays "Site Index...Please Drag Down"

A side note. I intend to update this site every weekday. This is going to become harder for me. This week I began driver's education classes at school. This eats up a great chunk of time in the afternoon and I usually need the remaining time for homework. Although updates may slack in the upcoming months, I thank our faithful few that continue to visit the website.

Remember that your help is greatly appreciated. If you would like to become a team member and post whenever possible, please contact me. Also if you think your stats may be a one-hit wonder, don't hesitate to submit them. Normally I would link my email address around here, but why don't you find the "Email me" button in the navigation button instead?

-Jose Skysprinter

Gotthelm

2006-02-28T17:26:00.000-05:00

Who is this hero who whose deeds go unknown throughout the galaxy, yet affect the lives of all be they just or wicked? My name is Gotthelm, of the few remaining Jedi in this galaxy who still defend the rights of the feeble. A great enemy am I to those malevolent, however an even greater friend to those pure in heart.
As a child back on Mon Calamari, I was an orphan. No one knew who my parents were, or where I had come from. The elders told me stories of the Jedi and how they defended the galaxy from strife and chaos. It was not until one of those Jedi came to me in a dream was I certain of my belief. I was a Jedi. I grew up quick and learned the ways of the Force unaided by those who knew, as I was always forced to do. I had only the stories to assist me. They taught me the ways; they taught me how a true Jedi should act.
Years later I had another vision of a Jedi. He told me to go to Ord Mantell, where I would meet him to be trained properly. All I got from him were a lightsaber and a few words of wisdom before he died. I did however meet Spam, an odd looking mini-bear-like creature with a fuzzy head who would be my companion through think and thin for my adventures to follow. I devoted the rest of my life to those who need assistance.
As fate would have it in these strange times, I also met three other Jedi. One turned to the dark side, another is with me today yet power hungry, and the third has recently become my padawan. I also met along my ways a brave soldier and a comical diplomat. We have formed together to create quite the motley group of adventurers. Together we will do our part to bring harmony to the chaos in the galaxy.
As a side note to those interested, I am not entirely a goody two-shoes. Many say that I have mystery looming in my eyes. I have tried my hand at being a pirate, commander of an armada and the founder and leader of a confederacy of imperialists bent on the domination of scores of systems.
Watch as this Jedi Knight evolves.

The previous write-up was submitted by Rick

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Check out the Campaign History to see what Gotthelm has done.

Check out the quotes to see what Gotthelm has said.

Stats: Current

Gotthelm: Male Mon Calamari Jedi Consular 7; Init +2 (+2 Dex); Def 18 (+6 class, +2 Dex); Spd 10m; VP/WP 56/10; Atk +5 melee or +7 melee (3d8, The Katana*) or +7 ranged. SQ Deflect (defense +1), Deflect (Attack -4), Deflect (extend defense and attack), Increased Lightsaber Damage (3d8); SV Fort +5, Ref +6, Will +7; FP 6; DSP 0; Rep +2; Str 10, Dex 14, Con 10, Int 14, Wis 14, Cha 12.
*Gotthelm has constructed his own lightsaber (The Katana)
Equipment: Stylish Outfit, The Katana, Zip Light, Grappling Spike Launcher, 10 days of food, Datapad, Comlink, Power pack x3, Thermal Detonator x2, Kolca Treatment Package, Liquid Cable Dispenser.
Skills: Computer Use +6, Disable Device +4, Disguise +3, Pilot +7, Read/Write Basic, Read/Write Bothanese, Read/Write Mon Calamari, Read/Write Quarrenese, Speak Basic, Speak Bothanese, Speak Mon Calamari, Speak Quarrenese.
Force Skills: Affect Mind +11, Battlemind +10, Friendship +9, Heal Another +10, Heal Self +9, Illusion +11, Move Object +12, Telepathy +7.
Feats: Combat Expertise, Exotic Weapon proficiency (Lightsaber), Starship Operation (Starfighter), Weapon Group proficiencies (Blaster Pistols, Simple Weapons)
Force Feats: Alter, Force Sensitive, Force Whirlwind, Control, Dissipate Energy, Lightsaber Defense, Knight Defense, Sense.

Equipment stored elsewhere: Jedi Robe, 3PO Series Droid Head, Gotthelm's Lightsaber (Blue).

Artwork Credit: Jose Skysprinter

From the Pantry: Ahrisa

2006-02-23T12:39:00.000-05:00

Ahrisa

Ahrisa (Food)
Cost: 3 credits
Profession (Cook) DC: 10
Game Rules: When eating this food, a character must pass a Fort save at DC 13. If the check is failed, the food is too spicy for their liking and they lose two vitality points. If the check is passed, the character gains a +1 bonus to all Charisma based skills for three hours after consumption.
Time: 5 minutes preparation time, 30 minutes cooking time

Ahrisa was a common sight during the Old Republic, but as the time passes, people change there taste. Ahrisa is a rare sight in the galaxy during the rebellion era, not because of lack of supply, but lack of demand.

From the Pantry: Wastril Bread

2006-02-22T22:00:00.000-05:00

Wastril Bread

Wastril Bread (Food)
Cost: 2 credits (1 loaf, 16 slices)
Profession (Cook) DC: 8
Game Rules: When Wastril Bread is consumed, it grants +2 bonus to Fort checks to resist disease for one day after consumption. This effect can only be granted once per day regardless of how many slices of Wastril Bread are consumed.
Time: 45 minutes cooking time

Wastril Bread is a basic bread found throughout the galaxy. Its specialty is it's power to help resist diseases. It is a staple in every household. Some people doubt its effects, claiming it to be an old wives tale. Whenever disease breaks out on planets, Wastril Bread is usually the first object to be administered.

Spam

2006-02-21T08:37:00.000-05:00

Spam is a male ewok. His species is unknown to the galaxy at this time. He crawled on board a ship owned by a spice smuggler when the ship landed on the forest moon of Endor. He left the ship when it landed on Ord Mantell. It was from Ord Mantell that Spam met Gotthelm and Renci Tosh, and then the rebellion. He has been a brave fighter and is adept at crawling through ventilation systems.
Spam is beginning to become a famous ewok. Everyone has heard of his teeth collections which include many interesting specimens.

Check out the Campaign History to see what Spam has done.

Check out the quotes to see what Spam has said.

Stats: Current

Spam: Male Ewok Fringer 7; Init +7 (+3 Dex, +4 Improved Init.); Def 20 (+6 class, +3 Dex, +1 SZ); Spd 6m; VP/WP 56/12; Atk +6 melee or +9 ranged (4d6, Mini Bowcaster). SQ Barter, Bonus Class Skill (Computer Use), Bonus Class Skill (Move Silently), Jury-Rig +4, Survival +2; SV Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +3; FP 4; DSP 0; Rep +1; Str 10, Dex 16, Con 12, Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 12. Equipment: Tribal Necklace, Mini Bowcaster, Blaster Pistol, MTD Translator Droid, Stun Grenades x9, Comlink, Thermal Detonator x4, Power Pack x2, Frag Grenade x2.
Skills: Climb +9, Computer Use +6, Craft +3, Gamble +4, Handle Animal +8, Hide +12, Jump +4, Listen +10, Move Silently +5, Pilot +6, Read/Write Basic, Ride +5, Search +8, Speak Basic (Understand Only), Speak Ewokese, Spot +10, Survival +9.
Feats: Alertness, Improved initiative, Sharp-Eyed, Starship Operation (Starfighter), Weapon Group proficiencies (Blaster Pistols, Primitive, Simple).

Equipment stored elsewhere: Blaster Rifle x2, Welilissit Blade x2, Spear, Vibrodagger, Camo Gear, Imperial Moff Uniform, Selron J5D Defensive Slugthrower, J5D Slugthrower cartridge, Mantellian Savrip teeth, Skekfish teeth x2, Kekre Demon teeth, Corellian Sand Panther Teeth, Stormtrooper Teeth x3, Skekfish fins, Kyohinial Beak and Talons, Antonio Skysprinter's Teeth.

Artwork Credit: Jose Skysprinter

Senator Sidewalk Shooting Investigation

2006-02-20T15:16:00.000-05:00

Senator Sidewalk Shooting Investigation

Totaw gave Ireak, Gotthelm, and Spam a new mission. “As the base on Kyoh is established, we need you to help with a local dispute. Aled Kuyli, a Senator of the Planetary Protectors was found dead in an alleyway this morning. Both Jose Skysprinter, the local crime lord, and the police are looking into the crime. Jose is a valuable asset to the rebellion and we need to make sure that he is happy with Kyoh. For if he leaves, so could his support.”
They walked to the alleyway in search of clues. Two doors were in the alleyway, one lead to a cantina, the other to a private residence. In the cantina, the group notices a well dressed noble who looked out of place.
Ireak addressed the noble, “What do you know about the humanitarian rights movement?”
The noble looked at Ireak funny, and then ignored him. Ireak responded by looking back funnier and says, “Do you know anything about the murder that happened outside this cantina?”
“I’m sorry for your loss if you are a friend of the family, but I really do not care about Aled. Now could you please leave me alone?”
Gotthelm turned to some nearby thugs and questioned them, but they also knew nothing about the murder. Ireak bites one of the thugs, in hope of encouraging him memory, but the thug just shoved the bothan away and leaves.
The three then go to the private residence and find the door to be locked. Ireak played with the lock for a minute and opened the door. They walked in and Spam searched around. “Hey, look at this blaster rifle! It is modified for sniping,” Spam growled.
Ireak went back across the dark alley into the cantina, and worked on finding more information about the rifle. After about an hour of sitting in the cantina and talking to people, he concluded that a rodian named Ghutto had been bragging about the rifle for a few weeks. Ireak takes a scrawled note of Ghutto’s address and the group goes to his house. They find Ghutto lying on the floor, with obvious blaster wounds, sitting at his computer. Spam hurried to the computer and looked around at some recently opened files. He pointed to an email that reads,
To: Ghutto
From: Futyiop
Subject: Aled Kuyli
Kill Him.
“Simple message,” Ireak says. Ireak lead the group back into the cantina to meet the well dressed noble who identified himself as Futyiop. Gotthelm pushed him into a corner.
“Who are you? Do you know who I am? Let go of me!” Futyiop said.
Gotthelm explained, “We have evidence that you hired a rodian assassin to kill Senator Aled, and then you killed the rodian.”
“He was about to vote against me in an important vote today. He needed to be removed from office,” the huiijyi noble said.
“You dirty politician,” Gotthelm uttered in disgust.
“I’ll give you ten thousand credits, just don’t tell anyone about this,” Futyiop demanded.
Ireak said, “He sounds alright to me.”
“I won’t allow you to take bribes like this Ireak,” Gotthelm said, with a subtle tap to his lightsaber.
Ireak got the hint. Then he pulled out his comlink, “Dreaks, Ralk, I need you here.” Ireak, Spam, and Gotthelm waited for Ireak’s diplomatic aides to arrive. The aides then escorted the corrupt senator along with them. The group went to Jose Skysprinter’s house.
Jose asked, “You are here to look into the murder of my friend Aled, I presume.”
Ireak told his aides, who were carrying Futyiop upside down, to walk forward and present her to Jose. “See this guy, imagine him right side up, and that’s the killer.”
Jose went inside his house and pulled out three sacks of credits and gave one to Gotthelm, Spam, and Ireak. “There is two thousand in each of these bags. Thank you very much.”

This adventure was played in December 2005. It took about 20-25 minutes to play, hence the short write up. It was used to introduce the heroes to a more open ended style of play. The following adventure, the assassination of Moff Frionde took close to 3 hours and was very open ended.
Note: Jose Skysprinter in this story and as my post name is not related to Tom or Antonio Skysprinter, in game or out of game.

Celbrus Berrng

2006-02-15T18:48:00.000-05:00

Celbrus served as an Imperial Solider for many years. After his discharge, he took up the profession of Bounty Hunting. He found the job rather dull and retired. Five years later, he was short on credits and got a job as a head warden of the Imperial Prison on Selron. He still picks up bounties on the side every now and then, particularly those posted by the Empire.

Celbrus Berrng: Male Human Soldier 6/ Bounty Hunter 1; Init +3; Def 19 (+6 class, +3 Dex); Spd 10m; VP/WP 48/11; Atk +8/+3 melee or +10 ranged (3d6+2, J5D Defensive Slugthrower) or +10/+5 or +6/+6/+6/+1 or +4/+4/+4/+4/-1 ranged (4d6+1, C23 Slugshooter Automatic Rifle); SQ Target Bonus +1; DR 4; SV Fort +6, Ref +6, Will +3; FP 2; DSP 3; Rep +3; Str 13, Dex 16, Con 11, Int 11, Wis 10, Cha 11.
Equipment: Charn Firearms C23 Automatic Slugshooter Automatic Rifle, Selron J5D Defensive Slugthrower, Padded Battle Armor, Prison Uniform.
Skills: Bluff +3, Computer Use +4, Demolition +5, Gather Info +5, Intimidate +6, Move Silently +8, Pilot +8, Read/Write Basic, Repair +4, Sense Motive +3, Speak Basic, Treat Injury +2.
Feats: Armor Proficiencies (Light, Medium, Heavy), Dodge, Multishot, Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot, Track, Weapon Group Proficiencies (Blaster Pistols, Blaster Rifles, Heavy Weapons, Simple Weapons, Slugthrowers, Vibro Weapons).

Selron J5D Defensive Slugthrower

2006-02-13T19:26:00.000-05:00

The Selron J5D Defensive Slugthrower was designed with Prison Guards in mind. It has a powerful stun capability as a first defense against inmates. It also packs a powerful lethal punch. However, again keeping guards in mind, the cartridge size is small. With a limited cartridge size, inmates who happen to compromise a guard have a limited number of bullets to work with.

Selron J5D Defensive Slugthrower
Cost: 700 credits
Damage: 3d6+2
Critical: 19-20
Stun Fort DC: 18
Range Increment: 10 meters
Weight: 1.9 kg
Type: Piercing/Energy
Multifire/Autofire: N/A
Size: Small
Group: Slugthrowers
Cartridge Size: 3 slugs
Cartridge Cost: 2 credits
Cartridge Weight: 0.1 kg

From the Pantry: Cho Nor Hoola

2006-02-07T14:21:00.000-05:00

Cho Nor Hoola

Cho Nor Hoola (Food)
Cost: 3 credits
Profession (Cook) DC: 14
Game Rules: +2 VP one hour after consumption if the consumer is a hutt. -2 VP one hour after consumption if the consumer is of any other species.
Time: 15 minutes preparation, 20 minutes cooking time

Cho Nor Hoola is a popular Hutt meal. It is also a traditional meal, and often times, cooks you fail to make it successfully for a hutt guest are killed.

Planetary Postcard: Munjo

2006-02-06T14:35:00.000-05:00

Visit far away planets in the Star Wars Roleplaying Resources exclusive feature, Planetary Postcard! As you explore the galaxy in this feature, remember, wish you were here!

Munjo
Planet Type: Terrestrial
Climate: Hot
Terrain: Volcanic, few "safe" spots
Atmosphere: Breathable
Gravity: 1.20 (Standard)
Diameter: 4215km
Length of Day: 20 standard hours
Length of Year: 324 local days
Sentient Species: Human
Languages: Basic
Population: 128
Species Mix: Human 99.9%
Government: None
Major Exports: None
Major Imports: None
System/Star Name: Huáng
Planet....................Type.............Moons
Marpol..................Terrestrial............0
New Huáng Dí .....Terrestrial.............0
Huáng Dí ..............Terrestrial.............0
Munjo...................Terrestrial.............2

Region: Unknown Space

Description

Munjo is a volcanic planet, and appears to be reddish black from space. It has two moons, Selventia and Bosquetino. Both are thriving forest and jungle moons.

History

Munjo as a planet, practically is history. It once was a planet full of life, but about 200 years ago, the volcanoes began to take the planet over. Huáng Dí sent over ships to ferry many of the inhabitants to the two moons. Many of the more prominent people of Munjo traveled to Selventia, the jungle moon. As these people had the most power, the Huáng Dí Empire made them pay for the favor of the ferries. The new Selventians promised that they would sell all children born with blonde or red hair to the Huáng Dí Empire. The Bosquetinos got out of the deal easier. The Huáng Dí Empire comes over to collect a rare fruit from the moon.

The humans of the two moons have grown to hate each othcompetitione competetion. They hating relationship has never reached the point of violence. They have the Munjo games, every two years, where athletes from both moons compete in various sports and games.
The real attraction to Munjo, is the search for the Crown of Kings. Search teams from both planets have been searching for this ancient artifact for over five years. The crown was the symbol of power from the old days, when life existed on Munjo. Now, the moons believe that the crown will bring them luck if they find it.

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Planetary Postcard: Huáng Dí

2006-02-03T21:21:00.000-05:00

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Huáng Dí

Planet Type: Terrestrial
Climate: Temperate
Terrain: Oceanic, Volcanic Islands
Atmosphere: Breathable
Gravity: 1.04 (Standard)
Diameter: 5739km
Length of Day: 19 standard hours
Length of Year: 238 local days
Sentient Species: Human
Languages: Basic
Population: 1,430,227,243
Species Mix: Human 99.9%
Government: Huáng Dí Empire
Major Exports: Manufactured Goods
Major Imports: Slaves
System/Star Name: Huáng
Planet....................Type.............Moons
Marpol..................Terrestrial............0
New Huáng Dí .....Terrestrial.............0
Huáng Dí ..............Terrestrial.............0
Munjo...................Terrestrial.............2

Region: Unknown Space

Description

Huáng Dí is the third planet in the Huáng system. It is primarily a large ocean with a few hundred islands, many of them volcanic. Many of these islands are "built-up" as the Huáng Dí Empire has thrived on the planet for countless generations.

History

The Huáng Dí Empire controlleded and controled the planet for all of known history. The empire is ruled by an emperor, which is chosen from the royal family of Huáng. The Huáng Dí Empire controls 438 of the 472 islands on the planet. Their army is large and they have a space armada. Their space age is still in its first steps, but quickly progressing. The islands that are not under control by the empire, have few inhabitants, resources, or strategical value, and have peaceful relations with the empire.
The Huáng Dí Empire is, of course, an Imperialistic world. They believe that they have the right to all the planets in their system. They have colonized New Huáng Dí and control the trade, and to some extent the life styles, of the citizens who live on the moons of Munjo.

New Sub-Species
The humans of Huáng Dí are genetically and physically the same as humans throughout the galaxy. However, the humans of Huáng Dí get certain bonuses due to their upbringing. These bonuses apply only to those born and raised on the planet.

+2 Species Bonus to Swim, and Pilot when piloting oceanic vessels. The humans of Huáng Dí live on a planet that is primarily ocean, and are adept at swimming and controling oceanic vessels.

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From the Pantry: Banja Bread

2006-02-02T16:22:00.000-05:00

Banja Bread

Banja Bread (Food)
Cost: 1 credits
Profession (Cook) DC: 10
Game Rules: The following game rules apply one hour after consumption. +2 STR based skills for two hours.
Time: 45 minutes cooking time

The Banja bread is a simple bread. It has special vitamins and formulas inside it. Banja Bread was a staple in many Old Republic Soldier's diets.

Planetary Postcard: New Huáng Dí

2006-01-31T17:36:00.000-05:00

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New Huáng Dí

Planet Type: Terrestrial
Climate: Frigid
Terrain: Frozen Tundra
Atmosphere: Breathable
Gravity: 1.12 (Standard)
Diameter: 4921 km
Length of Day: 17 standard hours
Length of Year: 146 local days
Sentient Species: Human
Languages: Basic
Population: 61,315,037
Species Mix: Human 99.9%
Government: Colony of the Huáng Dí Empire
Major Exports: Manufactured Goods
Major Imports: Foodstuffs
System/Star Name: Huáng
Planet....................Type.............Moons
Marpol..................Terrestrial............0
New Huáng Dí.....Terrestrial.............0
Huáng Dí..............Terrestrial.............0
Munjo...................Terrestrial.............2

Region: Unknown Space

Description

New Huáng Dí is the second planet in the Huáng system. It is mostly frozen, altough at some times of the year, some regions of the planet melt for a brief, mild weathered period. The planet was only aquired by the Huáng Dí Empire recently.

History

New Huáng Dí was a frozen wasteland for countless years. It was only in recent times that the Huáng Dí Empire reached its space age and colonized the planet. The population is increasing rapidly. Many of the poor on Huáng Dí have been saving to go to New Huáng Dí hoping for a new life. The Huáng Dí Empire sells large parcels of land for very inexpensive prices. Most of the structures on the planet are large manufacturing plants and research facilities. The inhabitants of the planets have built their dwellings in the ground instead of above it. It is believed that this is to help insulate the buildings, but it is unsure. These "groundscrapers" usually don't go past 50m into the ground.

New Sub-Species
The humans of New Huáng Dí are genetically and physically the same as humans throughout the galaxy. However, the humans of New Huáng Dí get certain bonuses due to their upbringing. These bonuses apply only to those born and raised on the planet and not the immigrants that have moved there.

+2 Species bonus to survival checks in cold weather environments

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Search for a Base

2006-01-30T16:38:00.000-05:00

Search for a Base

The group returned to Yavin IV after Heriston. Antonio rejoined the group. Totaw Hobat gives the group their next mission, “I wish I could let you stay here longer but we desperately need a new location. In another day or two, the Empire will be back with a greater fleet. We need to find a location. We have found four planets for you to investigate. Here are datacards describing some basic information of each. We need you to visit each planet and then make a judgment on which planet we should have our temporary base. Because we don’t know what the situation is on each planet, you must take your X-Wings on this scouting mission.” The group took the datacards and went into another room of the base to look at them.
“Tarkinil have a low technological understanding. This datacard rates them as ‘Agricultural,’” Gotthelm said.
“I want to go to Kyoh!” Fred exclaimed. “It looks cool.”
“Arontut has some crazy atmosphere. We’re going to need breath masks,” Spam said, after looking at the Arontut datacard.
“Okay, throw all the cards in this stormtrooper helmet, we’ll pick one out randomly,” Gotthelm suggested. He threw all the datacards in a helmet and let Fred pick one out.
“Arontut,” he said.
All the members of the group went to the hangar and flew their X-Wings to Arontut, using the coordinates given in the datacard. They were about the open their cockpit hatches when Spam says, “Wait a minute. Wait a minute. This is the one with the funky atmosphere. Don’t forget your breath masks everybody!” Everyone admired the ewok’s advice and put their breath mask on.
Everyone then exited their ships and saw a world covered with holes that seemed to lead to underground caves and tunnels. One particular hole was very close to the group. Antonio Skysprinter decided to check out the hole. He jumped inside. Suddenly a landmine exploded. Antonio jumped out of the hole.
“They must all be booby-trapped,” Gotthelm concluded.
Antonio had a strange flicker of anger in his eye, a flicker that came from something dark. The group left Arontut quickly, and decided to go to Dnalkowe.
When the X-Wings landed on Dnalkowe, all that the group saw was marsh and swamp. Very quickly, a large net was thrown over the heads of Antonio, Tom, Spam, Fred, Ireak and Gotthelm. A primitive human whacked them unconscious and carried them deeper into the swamp.
Three hours later, they woke up to find themselves with hardly any clothes on and a large metal collar around each of their necks. All of their items and gear was taken away.
Two humans were speaking to each other in a strange unknown language. Not even Spam’s translator droid could translate it. The humans then shook hands with each other. One of the humans approached the group and in broken basic, he said, “Arena.” He gave each person in the group a large sword called a Welilissit Blade. “Win and you go.” Then he pointed to a path that lead to a grand swampland arena.
Two large humans, dressed in tribal paints, emerged from the other side of the swamp arena. They held Welilissit Blades as well.
Gotthelm decided to make an illusion disguising everyone in the group as shadows against the side arena wall. Antonio Skysprinter; however, was just outside of Gotthelm’s range. He was still visible.
Antonio had been learning to embrace the dark side of the force that Gotthelm had warned him about. Antonio had a revelation the previous day. If the light side of the force is better, than why is there no light side users running the galaxy? Antonio decided to unleash his anger to increase his power. He was tired of keeping secrets. He was ashamed of some of the things he had done. Gotthelm and Tom were going to be perfect Jedi; never blemished by this addictive dark side Antonio thought he could see the future. He thought he could see his friends turning on him in a swamp arena. When he found himself in a swamp arena, he knew that what he saw was true. He thought that still being visible instead of in the illusion was Gotthelm’s fault. He unleashed all of his anger, letting the dark side run through his veins. He outstretched his arms and let the dark side energy flow outwards towards everyone in the arena. He called it Force Lightning. “You think that you are better than me. You think that I’m the bad one here! You will learn. You will pay!”
The lightning struck everyone. One of the tribal warriors fell and fried in the electricity. The other crumbled on the ground, but still showed signs of life. All of the hairs of Spam’s body stood on end. Fred yelped in pain as he got shocked. Gotthelm went down on both knees as the electricity flowed through his body. Ireak fell to the ground as electricity flowed through his body. When the electricity hit Tom, Antonio’s brother, his skin boiled and blistered.
Antonio stood drained in the center of the arena. He felt drained of energy, and invigorated with the force at the same time. The lone tribal gladiator staggered to Antonio and swung his weapon at Antonio. Antonio jumped to the side using Force instincts.
Tom looked at his brother. Tom had also had a brush with the dark side, at one point during his short Jedi career. He knew that Antonio needed to be stopped before something even worse happened. He mustered all the energy he had into some Force Lightning of his own. This lightning was directed at only Antonio. Antonio’s body shriveled and blistered, as he screamed asking for redemption. Gotthelm charged the remaining gladiator and ended his life, then joined the circle surrounding Antonio. After half a minute, Antonio breathed his last breath.
Spam walked up to Antonio and took some of his teeth and Gotthelm took his Lightsaber. Tom dragged his brother’s body out of the arena. The town they were in was called Buxton. A tribal person approached Tom with a torch. Tom took the torch and lit Antonio’s body on fire.
An unknown voice, of an unknown origin said, “It is a sad day that Antonio Skysprinter, an aspiring Jedi, fell to the dark side and attacked his friends and perished. We pray to the spirits for him. Antonio Skysprinter, rest in peace."
After a quick, but solemn funeral, the group reclaimed their belongings and left the planet in their X-wings. They orbited the planet for half a day, resting in the cramped quarters of their X-wing, as they discussed which planet they wanted to go to next.
“Kyoh and Tarkinil are the last two planets,” Gotthelm said.
“I think we should go to Tarkinil,” Spam suggested. The group agreed with Spam’s decision.
The X-Wings disappeared into hyperspace and landed on Tarkinil without incident.
“This place is all open plains,” Tom said.
“If the Empire happened to come, there would be no cover at all,” Gotthelm decided.
“Let’s go outside and have a look,” Ireak said.
As Spam prepared to go outside, he saw a large cloud heading towards them. “Duststorm!” he shouted, “Back to the ships!” The group fastened their seat belts and left the planet, and headed towards the next planet of Kyoh.
The group arrived on planet and looked around. “There are lots of caves and places to hide in,” Fred said, pointing to the caves in the mountains.
A loud caw came from inside the cave. Three large Kyohinials came out of the cave and swooped down onto the group. Fred quickly swung out his light repeating blaster rifle and put three well place blaster bolts into one of the birds. The bird seemed to be hurting, but it showed no signs of giving up. Spam’s mini bowcaster made its shot go wide of the intended bird, but it hit another. “I meant to do that,” he shouted to the others. Ireak got frightened by the large birds and attempted to swim in the dirt to hide. Even in the midst of battle, everyone glanced at him to see what he was doing.
“What, you’ve never seen a bothan swim in dirt in the middle of a fight before?” Ireak asked, not expecting an answer.
Gotthelm’s T-415 nailed the third bird in the tail feathers. It lost some of its altitude but it seemed fine. Tom’s T-415 hit another bird with a similar effect. The Kyohinials then dived down on the group. Ireak was so afraid he stopped swimming and began to cower.
Upon seeing this cowardice, Spam shouted, “Hey look, the dog is a scaredy cat!” The laughs that came afterwards, quickly ended when the Kyohinials descended. The birds swooped on Ireak. One of the bird’s claws seemed to strike Ireak at just the right angle. Ireak’s arm began to bleed heavily.
Fred Dread took aim at one of the large avian predators. Two blaster bolts hit the Kyohinial and it fell to the ground, dead. Spam’s mini bowcaster sent another bird to the ground, but after impact, it flapped its wings and hovered once again. It was bleeding all over its body.
Tom picked up a stone and tossed it at the birds. “I figured I’d try to kill two birds with one stone.” As Tom was being a clown, Gotthelm shot one of the birds to death. Ireak triumphed over his fear, and stopped cowering. However with another glance at the ferocious bird, he tried to hide behind the rock. The bird was not fooled. The bird decided to try some new prey and dove toward Fred. He jumped out of the way at the last second, and watched the bird’s feathers fly by his face. Fred retaliated by sinking a few blaster bolts directly into the bird. The bird staggered and fell once a bolt from Spam’s mini bowcaster. Spam went to it to add part of its body to his collection.
The group quickly explores the area but realizes that time is of the essence and quickly reports back to Yavin IV before the Empire arrives. Totaw Hobat asks them, “So have you made a decision?”
Ireak said “I really liked Dnalkowe, except for the fact we were captured. I think we could make a base there.”
Fred began chanting, “Kyoh, Kyoh, Kyoh...”
Tom said, “I want to stay with Kyoh as well.”
Gotthelm and Spam agreed. “So it is,” Totaw said. “We shall build a small, at least temporary base on Kyoh. It will take a week for the base to be completed enough for us to move there. Tom, why don’t you go to your home planet and mourn the loss of your brother with your family? Fred, you don’t look so good. I believe you may have gotten the Courscanti Influenza, you should rest here as the doctors take a look at you. As for the rest of you, there are a few problems on Kyoh you should check out before we start building there.”

This adventure was played in November of 2005. See the Campaign History for more details.

RIP
Antonio Skysprinter the Human
Antonio was born with the gift of the Force, and had followed the side of the light for most of his life. However, his majestic power crumbled in the Dnalkowe Arena. It is there that he succumed to the dark side and attacked his brother and friend.
May he rest in peace, and become one with the force.
Antonio Skysprinter, Human Jedi Guardian (Antonio)

Planetary Postcard: Marpol

2006-01-27T15:30:00.000-05:00

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Marpol

Planet Type: Terrestrial
Climate: Temperate
Terrain: Oceanic, Mountainous Islands
Atmosphere: Breathable
Gravity: 0.97 (Standard)
Diameter: 6372 km
Length of Day: 20 standard hours
Length of Year: 116 local days
Sentient Species: Human
Languages: Basic
Population: 7,499,932
Species Mix: Human 99.9%
Government: Locally based on each island
Major Exports: None
Major Imports: None
System/Star Name: Huáng
Planet....................Type.............Moons
Marpol..................Terrestrial............0
New Huáng Dí.....Terrestrial.............0
Huáng Dí..............Terrestrial.............0
Munjo...................Terrestrial.............2

Region: Unknown Space

Description

Marpol is the first planet in the Huáng Dí system. The planet is mostly an ocean, dotted with thousands of mountainous islands. From space, it seems to be a large blue marble. The planet has never been touched by any other civilization. Living in isolation, for its entire planetary life.

History

Marpol is the only planet in the Huáng Dí system, not to be influenced by the Huáng Dí Empire. The planet once thrived, and the population continued to grow. Eventually the population was so crowded, and the farms could only produce so much. Suddenly, like a flash of lightning, a mysterious plague struck the planet. It originated on a small island with only a few hundred inhabitants. Those few inhabitants quickly spread the disease as they traveled to the neighboring islands to trade. Almost four out of every five people on the planet died from the plague. After the plague, a new religion rose from the remnants of the population. They began to worship a multitude of gods, polytheism. The planet is now struggling to be the community it once was.

The islands of the planet are knit in a global community. The planet has never had a central government, although each island has its own local one. The planet is technologically advanced. They haven't reached a space age yet, however primitive space flights could occur in the next twenty years. Their technology is not even close to par with the rest of the galaxy. The personal computers have some of the processing capability of the bottom of the line datapads.

New Sub-species
The humans of Marpol are genetically and physically the same as humans throughout the galaxy. However, the humans of Marpol get certain bonuses due to their upbringing

Consitution +2: Marpol humans who have survived the great plague, have stronger immune systems, and are usually tougher than other humans.
+2 Species Bonus to Swim, and Pilot when piloting oceanic vessels.

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Protection from the Welilissit

2006-01-24T18:11:00.000-05:00

The gladiators of the Allogoan Council Arena on Dnalkowe, have made a recent advancement in their fighting techniques. At one time, it was considered cowardly to wear armor in the arena. Some warriors have worn custom armor, over the years, but it has never been mass produced, until now. The growing trend in the arena focuses more on the glory of winning and less on how the match is won. This means more and more warriors are making the switch to this armor.

Welilissit Battle Armor
Armor Class: Light
Cost: 100 credits
Damage Reduction: 3
Max Dex Bonus: +3
Armor Check Penalty: -4
Speed: Same as without Armor
Weight: 3 kg

A new version of the Original Dnalkowe Warrior is below, reflecting his new battle armor.

Dnalkowe Warrior: Male Human (Dnalkowe) Soldier 4: Init +4 (Improved Initiative); Defense 14 (+4 class); DR 3; Spd 10m; VP/WP 30/17; Atk +8 melee (1d6+7 Welilissit Blade) or +4 ranged; SQ Primitive; SV Fort +6, Ref +1, Will +1; FP 0; DSP 0; Rep +1, Str 16, Dex 11, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 11.
Equipment: Paint and Tattoos corresponding to the Warrior’s tribe, Welilissit Blade, Welilissit Battle Armor.
Skills: Craft (Welilissit Blade) +7, Intimidate +7, Knowledge (Dnalkowe Tribes) +7, Knowledge (Welilissit Blades) +7, Speak Tribal Language*, Treat Injury +7.
Feats: Armor Proficiency (Light), Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Quickness, Sunder, Toughness, Weapon Focus (Welilissit Blade), Weapon Group Proficiencies (Primitive, Simple).

*See “Living by the Welilissit” for more details.

From the Pantry: Jerk!

2006-01-23T22:02:00.000-05:00

The following articles gives a profession (cook) DC for making Bantha Jerky. This DC may be used for any meats being "jerked."

Bantha Jerky

Bantha Jerky (Food)
Cost: 10 credits (1 bag)
Profession (Cook) DC: 18 (This is to "jerk" the meat")
Game Rules: A Strength check (DC 10) is required to eat jerky. Characters with a Strength greater than or equal to 10 may take ten on this check. If the entire bag is eaten as one serving, +3 vitality points are gained in the next hour and the character gains a +2 bonus to Survival Checks lasting for one hour after consumption. As an alternative, a bag of Bantha Jerky can be eaten over three servings. After the first serving, +2 vitality points are gained in the next hour. After the second serving, +1 vitality point is gained in the next hour. After the third serving, a +2 bonus to Survival checks is given lasting for one hour after consumption.
Time: 5 minutes preparation, 12 hours cooking/drying (may be left unattended)

Bantha Jerky is a tough, dried form of the meat that comes in many flavorings. It is a delicious snack found at many fueling depots.

From the Pantry: A Cake to Celebrate

2006-01-20T16:04:00.000-05:00

Today's "From the Pantry," is to celebrate! I can't think of a better way to celebrate 50 articles than with a big cake! 50 non-notice articles. It's been a while since November 9th. In fact, its been a whole year. Although I'm cracking jokes, Star Wars Roleplaying Resources is no laughing matter. It is the most updated Star Wars RPG Website on the internet.

Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Cake (Food)
Cost: 15 credits (20 servings)
Profession (Cook) DC: DC 10
Game Rules: Sugar effects: for one hour times the number of sugar effect drinks or foods consumed add +1 to all STR based skills and -1 to all DEX based skills.
Time: 20 minutes preparation, 90 minutes cooking time.

Chocolate Cake is one of the most simple cakes in the galaxy. It can be found all over the galaxy in parties.

Slugs

2006-01-19T21:21:00.000-05:00

Slugthrowers don't get much respect. That is, until the bullets begin firing at you. Most people would gladly take a blaster over a slugthower. The following weapons are manufactured by Charn Firearms, a manufacturing company in the outer rim.

Charn Firearms 67G Slugshooter Pistol
Cost: 550 credits
Damage: 3d6
Critical: 19-20
Range Increment: 10 meters
Weight: 1.6 kg
Type: Piercing
Multifire/Autofire: N/A
Size: Small
Group: Slugthrowers
Cartridge Size: 21 slugs
Cartridge Cost: 15 credits
Cartridge Weight: 0.2 kg

Charn Firearms C23 Slugshooter Automatic Rifle
Cost: 775
Damage: 4d6+1
Critical: 19-20
Range Increment: 25 meters
Weight: 4.7 kg
Type: Piercing
Multifire/Autofire: M/A
Size: Medium
Group: Slugthrowers
Cartridge Size: 60 slugs
Cartridge Cost: 45 credits
Cartridge Weight: 0.7 kg

Get a grip (or hook) on it II

2006-01-18T13:18:00.000-05:00

Propelled Grappling Hook
This grappling hook consists of two canisters. The top canister fires off to become the hook, while the bottom canister is the end of the rope. This grappling hook has two settings: magnetic and hook. When 'magnetic' is activated, the cylinder magnetized after it is shot. When 'hook' is activated, 3 barbs are released from the inside of the canister so it can hook around an object.
Before using a propelled grappling hook to climb, a ranged attack must be made with the grappling hook to successfully grapple the target. The 'defense' of the target is the climb DC. The propelled grappling hook grants a +5 bonus to this attack. The use of a propelled grappling hook gives a +6 bonus to climb checks. If the climbing character fails a climb check, and would normally fall off, he/she may make a Reflex Save at DC 12. If the check is passed, the character remains at the height that he/she was at before. If the check is failed, the character falls.
The use of a grappling hook gives a +2 bonus to the 'grab' stage of grappling. (RCR 170)
A propelled grappling hook costs 25 credits.
A propelled grappling hook weighs 1.5 kg.

Propelled Retractable Grappling Hook
This grappling hook consists of two canisters. The top canister fires off to become the hook, while the bottom canister is the end of the rope. The top canister contains a series of motors that can retract the rope, pulling the load towards the hook. This grappling hook has two settings: magnetic and hook. When 'magnetic' is activated, the cylinder magnetizes after it is shot. When 'hook' is activated, 3 barbs are released from the inside of the canister so it can hook around an object.
Before using a propelled retractable grappling hook to climb, a ranged attack must be made with the grappling hook to successfully grapple the target. The 'defense' of the target is the climb DC. The propelled retractable grappling hook grants a +5 bonus to this attack. The use of a propelled grappling hook gives a +15 bonus to climb checks. If the climbing character fails a climb check, and would normally fall off, he/she may make a Reflex Save at DC 12. If the check is passed, the character remains at the height that he/she was at before. If the check is failed, the character falls.
The use of a grappling hook gives a +2 bonus to the 'grab' stage of grappling. (RCR 170)
A propelled retractable grappling hook costs 125 credits.
A propelled retractable grappling hook weighs 2 kg.

The cable inside a propelled or propelled retractable grappling hook is often about 100m.

Get a grip (or hook) on it

2006-01-17T18:14:00.000-05:00

The Grappling Hook
This hook is made of three barbs and is used to assist in climbing or grappling.
Before using a grappling hook to climb, a ranged attack must be made with the grappling hook to successfully grapple the target. The ‘defense’ of the target is the climb DC. The use of a grappling hook gives a +4 bonus to climb checks. If the climbing character fails a climb check, and would normally fall off, he/she may make a Reflex Save at DC 15. If the check is passed, the character remains at the height that he/she was at before. If the check is failed, the character falls.
The use of a grappling hook gives a +2 bonus to the ‘grab’ stage of grappling. (RCR 170)
A grappling hook costs 5 credits.
A grappling hook weights 1 kg.

Magnetic Grappling Hook
This grappling hook is made of a large magnet and is used to assist in climbing or grappling.
Before using a grappling hook to climb, a ranged attack must be made with the grappling hook to successfully grapple the target. The ‘defense’ of the target is the climb DC, but a magnetic grappling hook grants a +2 bonus to this attack when the target is magnetic. The use of a grappling hook gives a +4 bonus to climb checks or +6 bonus to climbing up a magnetic surface. If the climbing character fails a climb check, and would normally fall off, he/she may make a Reflex Save at DC 15. If the check is passed, the character remains at the height that he/she was at before. If the check is failed, the character falls.
The use of a grappling hook gives a +2 bonus to the ‘grab’ stage of grappling. (RCR 170)
A magnetic grappling hook costs 15 credits.
A magnetic grappling hook weighs 1 kg.

Grappling hooks can be of variable lengths from 1 meter to 10 meters. Some hooks can have longer cables. The hooks can support 400kg.

Fred Dread

2006-01-16T22:02:00.000-05:00

Fred Dread is a male human. He joined the rebellion very shortly after open war broke out. He was a ground soldier, but when the Death Star loomed over Yavin IV, he was forced into the cockpit of an X-wing, his squadron was decimated and he joined up with the group.

Check out the Campaign History, see what Fred has done.

Check out the Quotes, see what Fred has said.

Stats (Current)

Fred Dread: Male Human Soldier 6; Init +4; Def 19 (+5 class, +4 Dex); Spd 10m; VP/WP 57/10; Atk +6/+1 melee or +10/+5 ranged (3d8, Light Repeating Blaster Rifle). SV Fort +5, Ref +6, Will +2; FP 5; DSP 0; Rep +2; Str 10, Dex 18, Con 10, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 10.
Equipment: Light Repeating Blaster Rifle, Stormtrooper Armor, Datapad, Comlink, Stun Grenade x2, Power Pack x3.
Skills: Computer Use +8, Demoliton +9, Disable Device +4, Intimidate +5, Pilot +13, Read/Write Basic, Repair +4, Speak Basic, Treat Injury +2.
Feats: Armor Proficiencies (Light, Medium, Heavy, Powered), Far Shot, Multishot, Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot, Weapon Group Proficiencies (Blaster Pistols, Blaster Rifles, Heavy Weapons, Simple Weapons, Vibro Weapons).

Equipment stored elsewhere: Broken Datapad, Welilissit Blade, Imperial Guard Patch, Kyohinial Feathers.

Stats (Previous)

Fred Dread: Male Human Soldier 5; Init +4; Def 19 (+5 class, +4 Dex); Spd 10m; VP/WP 47/10; Atk +5 melee or +9 ranged (3d8, Light Repeating Blaster Rifle). SV Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +1; FP 5;DSP 0; Rep +1; Str 10, Dex 18, Con 10, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 10.
Equipment: Light Repeating Blaster Rifle, Welilissit Blade, Stormtrooper Armor, Datapad, Comlink, Kyohinial Feathers, Imperial Guard Patch.
Skills: Computer Use +7, Demoliton +8, Disable Device +4, Intimidate +4, Pilot +12, Read/Write Basic, Repair +3, Speak Basic, Treat Injury +2.
Feats: Armor Proficiencies (Light, Medium, Heavy, Powered), Multishot, Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot, Weapon Group Proficiencies (Blaster Pistols, Blaster Rifles, Heavy Weapons, Simple Weapons, Vibro Weapons).

Equipment stored elsewhere: None.

Artwork Credit: Jose Skysprinter

From the Pantry: Boonta Spice and Crumps

2006-01-13T15:32:00.000-05:00

Boonta Spice

Boonta Spice (Seasoning)
Cost: 3 Credits (10 servings)
Profession (Cook) DC: N/a
Game Rules: If one serving of Boonta Spice is added to a food item, the consumer gains 1 vitality point. However, if more than one serving of this spice is used on a single food item, the Character loses 1 vitality point per additional serving added, as well as gaining a +1 bonus to their Charisma score for 1d3 hours.
Time: N/a

Boonta Spice is a common flavoring among many species. However, used in excess, it is a toxin.

Crumps

Crumps (Food)
Cost: 1 credit
Profession (Cook) DC: DC 5 (Must cook 12 Crumps)
Game Rules: Sugar effects: for one hour times the number of sugar effect drinks or foods consumed add +1 to all STR based skills and -1 to all DEX based skills.
Time: 10 Minutes Preparation, 15 Minutes Cooking Time

Crumps is a Wookie traditional cookie that is a very popular desert

Fuel at Heriston

2006-01-12T16:41:00.000-05:00

Fuel at Heriston

The group is on Yavin IV. The Death Star has recently been destroyed and the Rebels are looking for a new planet. However, the Rebellion knows that the Imperials will not return right away. Totaw Hobat, an Ithorian General approaches the heroes. “The Imperials have recently completed construction of a refueling and repair station at Heriston. This station has reduced the downtime for a large portion of the Imperial fleet significantly. Every ship they keep in service increases their chance of finding our location. We need to put that station out of commission. It is heavily protected by defense platforms, starfighter wings, and system patrol craft. We don’t have the resources to launch the major attack that would be needed. Instead, we would like to send a small strike team onboard, to destroy the station from its power core. We have put some falsified transponder codes on your ship, The Corvette. Also onboard your ship is some very powerful demolition devices and a datacard showing the schematics of the station. I wish you luck, and be quick, we still need to relocate."
They quickly went to their ship and punched in the hyperspace coordinates. Before they knew it, they were docked on the station. Many Imperial ships were docked in the docking area. Thankfully, with the transponder code, the Corvette appeared to be one of them.

They passed through the door nearest to them. It lead to a room with many other doors. Using the schematics on their datapad, they decide to head towards the turbolift. When they pass through the door leading to the turbolift, they find five stormtroopers looking at them. Gotthelm took out his T-416 and fired at a stormtrooper. The shot nailed the stormtrooper and he fell to the ground, clutching at a hole in his armor. Tom also took out his T-416 and aimed at another stormtrooper. After a second, he fired and the stormtrooper fell, a testament to Tom’s accuracy. Spam, the ewok, took aim with his mini-bowcaster. The shot hit a stormtrooper. The stormtrooper yelled in pain, but stood. Ireak Tal’ra took aim with his two blaster pistols. Both shots nailed the hurting stormtrooper, and the stormtrooper fell to the ground. Fred Dread took aim with his weapon as well. The shot hit another stormtrooper in the chest, causing the stormtrooper to fly backwards and hit a wall. The only remaining stormtrooper took a wild shot towards the group. The shot wildly missed. Spam quickly fired again, but his shot went wide. A blaster bolt from both of Ireak’s blasters hit the stormtrooper, sending him tumbling. The stormtrooper still had life in him, as he fired his blaster rifle at the group, once again missing. Fred fires a single bolt into the stormtroopers helmet, knocking it off of the stormtroopers head, revealing the dead stormtrooper underneath.

As the last stormtrooper fell, the group jumped in and took the stormtrooper’s armor and blaster rifles. They then put the armor on, with the goal of a stormtrooper disguise. However, after discovering that Gotthelm’s head didn’t fit into the helmet very well, they dumped the disguise idea. Spam didn’t bother putting the armor on; he knew that a creature of his size would never pass as a stormtrooper, regardless of how much armor he wore. The group walked into turbolift. The lift went up, and the group exited to the second floor.

The turbolift opened to reveal a dark hallway. Some of the lights in the ceiling flickered on and off. The lonely hallway got to Tom, and he began to whistle. Fred whacked him on the head. Spam began to speak in Ewokese. Ireak asked his translator droid, “What is he saying?”
The droid said, “It doesn’t quite translate out of his language. He is saying, ‘Put that toothbrush away Cameron. You don’t even know the meaning of hygienic’”
The rest of the group looked puzzled at the droid and then ignored Spam.
The group approached the only door in the hallway. Gotthelm looked about and then asked Fred, “Do you want the honors?” Fred nodded and stepped forward to open the door. When the door opened a loud bell began to ring.
Tom asked, “What is that?”
Ireak glanced at the many tables in the room. Suddenly stormtroopers and TIE fighter pilots rushed into the room. He began to pull his blaster pistols out of their holsters. Fred stopped him. “No,” he said. “Look, they are all sitting down at the table. It must have been a mess call. They aren’t even paying attention to us. ”
The group slowly walked over to a door on the far wall. Gotthelm stepped up the door and tried to disable the lock on the door. After a minute of struggling with the door, Gotthelm gave up. “Get out of here,” Ireak said, pushing Gotthelm out of the way, and taking Gotthelm’s place at the door, and succeeded in opening the door. The door opened to reveal many large tanks of fuel.
Another security door blocked their progress. “Maybe I can redeem myself,” Gotthelm said, stepping to the door, and quickly getting the door open. After opening the door he looked at his datapad. “This is the staircase that we need to take.”

Each member of the group walked up the staircase and arrived at another security door. Ireak disabled the door lock and they stepped through the doorway. The door opening surprised the 3 guards and the stormtrooper in the room. They turned around, startled to see the group in the doorway. Spam snapped his mini-bowcaster into position and shot a bolt at the stormtrooper. The stormtrooper crumpled to the ground. Tom shot a large bolt into the stomach of one of the guards. The guard’s stomach spilled out onto the floor. Gotthelm shot with his T-416. The shot was a direct hit to the head, disfiguring the guard, and killing him instantly. Ireak’s two blaster pistols both hit their mark, making yet another guard fall to the ground. Spam quickly ran to the stormtrooper that he killed. He kicked some of the teeth out of the body and added them to his teeth collection. Tom and Fred ripped a patch off the uniform of a guard.
Gotthelm opened up the door leading to the Fission Power Core. Gotthelm, Ireak, and Spam each set up one of the explosive devices. A few seconds after the bombs were set, a loud alarm began to ring. “Intruder Alert. Intruder Alert. Code Light-Violet. Intruder alert.” A feminine voice stated the problem to the station.
The group quickly ran back down the staircase and into the mess hall. With the alarm sounding, the stormtroopers in the mess hall were alerted to the group. Blaster bolts rained down on the group. Most of the shots missed by a lot, but some of the bolts barely missed, or skimmed the body. No one was actually hit directly. They rushed out of the station as quick as possible. They quickly jumped up on to the ship. “Hurry up Spam, we gotta get out of here,” Tom shouted from the boarding ramp. Spam ran as fast as he could on his little legs. Blaster bolts starting coming from the entrance of the docking bay. He ran onto the Corvette. Tom brought the ship out of the station and into space. They looked back at the station.
“I really hope that those quick-set bombs will destroy the station." Spam said. Suddenly the station violently shook. The station split in two and one piece accelerated towards the planet. The other piece caught on fire.
“Well, It’s safe to say that the station is destroyed,” Ireak said.
“True,” Fred said, “But it would have been nice to destroy that Star Destroyer that was docked with the station.”
“Speaking of the Star Destroyer, we should probably get out of here before it blasts us like the station,” Tom said as he pushed the hyperspace lever forwards.

This adventure was played in November of 2005. To see the other adventures, see the Campaign History.

The Future of the Jedi: Wilron Selus

2006-01-11T14:41:00.000-05:00

Wilron Selus was a human born on Sacorria, a planet in the Corellian system. Wilron was tired of the Empire and joined up with the Rebellion as soon as he could. He was very good at setting bombs and making explosives, and he was an integral part to many special operation teams.
He was on Kyoh when the Rebellion relocated there after the Battle of Yavin. Although the Rebellion, and Wilron, were not on Kyoh for long, they were there long enough for Gotthelm to detect a presence. Gotthelm still had much to learn in the ways of the force, but he knew that soon he would be able to take a padawan under his wings. He told Wilron of his gift and promised to teach him the ways of the force when he understood them himself.

Wilron Selus: Male Human Soldier 3/ Jedi Guardian 1; Init +2; Def 17 (+5 class, +2 Dex); Spd 10m; VP/WP 32/10; Atk +6 melee (2d8+2, Lightsaber) or +2/+2 melee (2d8+2/2d8+2, Two Lightsabers) or +6 ranged (3d6 blaster pistol). SQ Deflect (Defense +1); SV Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +2; FP 2; DSP 0; Rep +2; Str 14, Dex 15, Con 10, Int 13, Wis 11, Cha 10.
Equipment: Lightsaber, Antonio Skysprinter's Lightsaber*, 6 Frag Grenades, 4 Stun Grenades, Thermal Detonator, 10 Sticks of Detonite, 10 demolition timers, Blaster Pistol, Comlink, Electrobinoculars.
Skills: Astrogate +5, Computer Use +6, demolition +10, Hide +5, Intimidate +3, Jump +3, Pilot +9, Repair +7, Treat Injury +5.
Force Skills: Battlemind +3.
Feats: Ambidexterity, Armor Proficiency (Light), Combat Expertise, Dodge, Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Lightsaber), Skill Emphasis (Demolition), Two Weapon Fighting, Weapon Group Proficiencies (Blaster Pistols, Blaster Rifles, Heavy Weapons, Simple Weapons, Vibro Weapons).

*Wilron Selus carries the lightsaber of Antonio Skysprinter. Antonio died in "A Search for a Base." Gotthelm retrieved the lightsaber, and has given it to Wilron to use.

Artwork Credit: Jose Skysprinter

From the Pantry: Some Seasonings

2006-01-10T15:23:00.000-05:00

From the Pantry is introducing a new category of foods this week: Seasonings!

Yyegar Sugar

Yyegar Sugar (Seasoning)
Cost: 3 credits (20 servings)
Profession DC: N/a
Game Rules: For each serving of Yyegar Sugar added to food, add the following game rule to the food consumed: Sugar effects: for one hour times the number of sugar effect drinks or foods consumed add +1 to all STR based skills and -1 to all DEX based skills.
Time: N/a

Yyegar Sugar is considered on of the best sugars avaliable. It was most widely used in the Old Republic, but is still avalible afterwards.

Insanity Hot Sauce

Insanity Hot Sauce (Seasoning)
Cost: 5 credits (15 servings)
Profession DC: N/a
Game Rules: For each serving of Insanity Hot Sauce used, the character must make a Fortitude save at DC 15. If the character passes the Fortitude save, then the character loses 1d6 vitality points. If the character fails the save, then X = every point that the character fails the Fortitude Check by. The character cannot make any rolls for X rounds, as the character is flailing about, trying to ease his, her, or its taste buds. The character is also dealt Xd6 points of vitality damage. If the character's vitality points is reduced to zero, than he or she falls unconcious for X rounds.

Insanity Hot Sauce is some hot and serious stuff. This is the type of sauce that is so hot, it makes people cry. It is the king of all hot sauce. Inspired by Dave's Insanity Sauce.

Campaign Summary

2006-01-09T14:02:00.000-05:00

If you have been following this blog, you have noticed that I've been placing campaign Updates on the site, slowly leading up to the adventures most recently done. This takes a very long time and there is a quite a few adventures that I don't have notes for.

The following brief summary covers "Meeting an Informant" all the way to "The Battle of Yavin."

Meeting an Informant

After Consulate Tulon escaped, the Besbrilldra cell had to regroup. Tom Skysprinter needed bacta treatments so he returned to Besbrilldra, and Spam had a family tragedy and returned to his homeworld.
Gotthelm, Antonio Skysprinter, and Ireak Tal'ra continued on and went to Fronist in search of an informant who contacted them. The informant had information on Tulon's whereabouts but he also needed to give away a droid head. This droid head was giving him problems with the locals. While inside the cantina, a bar fight started. The group left the cantina unharmed, with all the information they needed.

Memorable Quotes
"So, how 'bout them Celtics?" -Antonio Skysprinter. During the bar fight, Antonio sought to gain the advantage by confusing his opponents.

Sabacc and Panthers

Tom and Spam return and go to Fronist to meet the rest of the group. After they meet up with the rest of the group the Empire closes the spaceport to try to catch a local criminal. The group is looking for some money, so they find a game of sabacc and end up winning a ship. When go to check out the ship, a Corellian Sand Panther attacks them. They realize it is a trap, but the doors are locked. They kill the panther and Spam adds its teeth to his collection. When they finally exit the ship they forget revenge and decide just to leave the planet as fast as possible.

A Steal of a Deal

As the group leaves the ship they had won, they go to find their own ship, the Corvette. As they approach their ship, a Twi'lek offers to buy it for a lot more than it is worth. Although negotiations seemed to be going well, in the end, the Twi'lek pulled a blaster and the group was attacked. They finally go to their ship and find a Quarren on board, trying to hijack the ship. They remove her from the ship and leave the planet behind them.

Demons in the Dark

The group leaves their ship on Trevura and takes public transport to Trevura Minor. They think they will be able to blend in better. The ship is hit by a comet and they are stranded on a long lost planet with dangerous creatures. It takes many weeks to escape the planet, but they manage to repair a ship from an extinct mining colony to escape.

capturing Consulate Tulon

After coming back to civilization they learn from their informant that Consulate Tulon is hiding in a nearby asteroid field. The Consulate had been running a pirate organization from the base and was no using it to hide. They landed on the base and shot his ship into very small fragments.

Detour to Tatooine

After finally resolving the problem in the Trevura system the group returned to Besbrilldra to report back. They found the building they had used destroyed. Using clues found at the scene, they found a datacard telling them to go to Tatooine. They went to Tatooine for a week and were later approached by a comedian, Goreon Huylil. He told them that they would soon be working on a more galactic scale and helped them get into disguises so they could get off planet. They met with an Ithorian named Totaw Hobat, as well as reuniting with Yoko and Renci Tosh.

X-Wing Training

Gotthelm, Tom, Antonio, Ireak, and Spam, were each given an X-Wing and practiced for many hours in the simulator.

The Battle of Yavin

The group battled TIE fighters over the death star and Yavin IV. They met Fred, a ground soldier forced into a cockpit when the death star loomed. Fred's entire squadron was wiped out so he joined in with the rest of the group.

Many of these adventures were all pre-made and came from a time when all of us where still learning the game. I somewhat strung all these premade adventures into a storyline but from this point on, all adventures had a meaning and purpose to them.

The Katana

2006-01-07T08:43:00.000-05:00

The Katana is the personal lightsaber crafted by Gotthelm, a Mon Calamari Jedi during the Rebellion.

Katana (Royal Blue)
Base Damage: 2d8
This lightsaber was hand crafted by Gotthelm and offers him a +2 bonus to all attacks made with it.
It has a double-off switch to prevent going off in battle.
It has a water resistant casing allowing it to fully operate underwater.
Includes a slave circuit call beacon connected to the Triton.
The slightly curved handle of the lightsaber follows the design of Count Dooku. The curved hilt allows for precise movements as well as perfect flexibility for lightsaber-to-lightsaber combat. This flexibility allows Gotthelm to add a +1 bonus to Deflect (defense) and Deflect (attack). Gotthelm also may add a +1 bonus to all his attacks when he is in melee combat with one other meleeing opponent.
The lightsaber contains a biometric reader that allows only Gotthelm to wield and activate the lightsaber.
The lightsaber has a royal blue crystal inside.

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The Triton

2006-01-05T18:22:00.000-05:00

A Submission by Rick

The Triton is a personal ship designed by Gotthelm of Mon Calamari. He had it designed as a starfighter to fly around the galaxy in. Gotthelm does have numerous other large ships but this small fighter is designed to be stealthy. It has a sensor mask and top of the range proton torpedoes; basically, any ship that wasn't went to see the Triton, doesn't live to tell about it. Gotthelm also included a slave circuit controller connected to his lightsaber, so his ship is never far away.

Triton: Craft: Mon Calamari Private Build Fighter; Class: Starfighter; Cost 12.6 million credits; Size: Fine (5m); Crew: 1 (Skilled +4); Passengers 3; Cargo Capacity: 65kg; Consumables: 3 days; Hyperdrive: 0.5x, Backup Hyperdrive 4x; Maximum Speed: Cruising; Defense: 28 (+8 size, +10 armor); Shield Points/Hull Points: 350/120; DR: 10. Initiative: 12 (+8 size, +4 crew); Maneuver: +15 (+8 size, +4 crew, +3 maneuvering System).
Weapon: Assault Laser Cannon (4, Fire-linked): Fire arc: Front; Attack Bonus +16 (+8 size, +8 fire control); Damage: 7d10x2; Range Modifiers: PB+0, S+0, M/L N/A.
Weapon: Proton Torpedo Launcher (2, 16 each): Fire Arc: Front; Damage: 9d10x2; Missile Quality (Amazing +20).
Special: Slave Circuit connected to Controller in Gotthelm's Lightsaber.
Special: Amazing Sensor Mask (+8 to Computer Use DC).

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Futyiop: Planetary Protector Senator

2006-01-04T14:31:00.000-05:00

Futyiop is a Planetary Protector Council Senator for Kyoh. She is very popular among the people and politicians. Her views of the planet are very old fashioned and traditional. She has been known to hire assassins and use other ways of force to get her opinion passed in session.

Futyiop: Female Huiijyi Fringer 1/Noble 2; Init +0; Def 14 (+4 class); Spd 10m; VP/WP 14/13; Atk +2 melee or +1 ranged (3d6 Blaster Pistol). SQ Bonus Class Skill (Diplomacy), Bonus Class Skill (Intimidate), Favor +1, Inspire Confidence; SV Fort +3, Ref +3, Will +3; FP 2; DSP 1; Rep +3; Str 12, Dex 11, Con 13, Int 13, Wis 11, Cha 15.
Equipment: Expensive Robe, Blaster Pistol, Datapad.
Skills: Climb +3, Computer Use +4, Diplomacy +10, Gamble +4, Hide +4, Intimidate +5, Knowledge (Politics) +7, Pilot +4, Profession (Senator) +6, Search +5, Spot +3.
Feats: Alertness, Influence, Trustworthy, Weapon Group Proficiencies (Blaster Pistols, Primitive Weapons, Simple Weapons).

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From The Pantry: Bactade

2006-01-03T10:57:00.000-05:00

Bactade

Bactade (Drink)
Cost: 1 Credit
Profession (Bartender) DC: n/a
Game Rules: +3 Vitality Points
Time: Open a bottle

Bactade is produced with a secret blend of chemicals and nutrients to replenish the body. It comes in large variety of flavors.

The Trevuran Incident

2006-01-02T10:05:00.000-05:00

The Trevuran Incident

The heroes of the Besbrilldra Rebel Cell had saved the Stellar Damsel and were now awaiting new orders. "Greetings," Yoko Tosh, their cell leader said. "The cell of Trevura needs your help again. They are teaming up with an underground droid resistance. There are rumors about some large scale attack. You'll also have someone else with you on this mission." Antonio Skysprinter looked at Renci Tosh with hopeful eyes. Yoko saw Antonio staring at his daughter and then continued, "Antonio's brother approached me while you were away last mission. Here is Tom Skysprinter." A large human walked into the room and shook hands with everyone in the room.
"Hey, so let's get going then," the new cell member said. The group walked to their ship the Corvette and got in.
Antonio let the nav computer calculate the coordinates and then he pushed the hyperspace level forward.

After landing, their astromech droid led them to the droid resistance location. An old Trade Federation Droid with crimson shoulder coverings beckoned them to sit down. "Welcome everyone. For those who do not know me, I am Geeardee. We have come across some information that Blask is going to try to do something to the droid factory in Voma. Essar, would you continue?" The old droid said.
A familiar droid stepped forward. "Thank you Geeardee, I am Essar. Myself and Teethreepio ran into these organics during the 'Inhibitor incident.' We happened to get them to help us. Now these organics will try to get the information from Blask's personal computer in the Capital Tower. We can get a remote connection from the tower so you can slice into the network from other rooms, but for speeds sake, it would be best if you just ran up to one of the terminals, got a slicer to crack in, then have your astromech pull as much as he can hold and we can sort through it later. The Trevura rebel cell is also lending its assistance."

The group left the building and let the droid lead them to Kerisskus, a trandoshan rebel soldier with the Trevuran rebel cell. They also used the Trevuran cell to contact a slicer for them. A person named Gigabyte joined up with them and they entered the Capital Tower. The group hurries across the floor to enter the turbolift. They silently walked across the hall on the second floor to a room marked 'Merno Blask.' They quickly and silently entered and Gigabyte quickly got to work. It took only a minute or so but soon three stormtroopers on guard walked past the office. They noticed something moving inside and entered. Gotthelm, Antonio and Tom all swung their lightsabers and quickly disarmed and dismembered the stormtroopers. They left the building without incident.

After a few hours searching through the files that had been put into the memory banks of the astromech droid, Essar approached them. "It's not good at all. A message from Merno to his army was found. They are planning to attack the factory when the droid's head is in the tower. There was a droid head hanging over the service desk today!"
"We need to act now," Geeardee said. "We'll get you into the factory. Be prepared." Essar ushered the group into the factory.
"I'm going to go and look to see what resources are here in the building," Kerisskus said. In ten minutes he returned with five thermal-activated thermal detonators and an E-Web blaster. Kerisskus set up the E-Web blaster at the end of a hallway guarding the entrance. Spam went with Ireak into the sensor room and watched all of the security camera displays. It wasn't long before the intruders entered the building. Two detonators exploded. Through the smoke Kerisskus shouted, "I can see them!" However the private soldiers didn't see Kerisskus firing at them from down the hall. Instead they saw many battle droids firing blasters at them. Gotthelm was in the corner of the hallway, straining to hold the illusion. Kerisskus continued firing and killed a few more.
The men advanced on the droids. They pulled out their stun batons and swung at the droids. Their hands went right through the droids as they swung. At that moment, they realized that the droids were fake. Gotthelm stopped the illusion of the droids, hid deeper in the shadow, and made an illusion of himself around the corner. Gotthelm watched as the five remaining men walked down the corridor.
Another explosion rocked the droid factory. Ireak picked up his comlink and said, "They are in the final corridor before the main computer!" Tom Skysprinter was hiding in a side room near the main computer for the factory. He couldn't move from the spot to attack otherwise he risked tripping the final detonator. A droideka that Gotthelm had fixed up, walked out of the corridor and began firing at the hired soldiers. Two shots nailed one man and he immediatly fell on to the floor. Another hit a different man. The men began to fire at the droideka. The droideka lured the men close to the final detonator. Then it rolled into a ball and quickly zoomed away. Tom saw this and quickly took cover.
The last line of defense detonated. Tom knew this was his time to shine. He peeked around the corner to see the remaining soldiers. One was rolling on the ground to extinguish the fire, another was searching for his blaster. The rest were dead. Tom ignites his lightsaber and swings it at the man looking for his blaster. The man cried in pain as his arm was severed from his body. The man on fire picked up his blaster and leveled it at Tom. The blaster shot hit tom in his right hand. He dropped his lightsaber. With his left hand he pulled out his heavy blaster pistol and shot the man repeatedly. The man with a missing arm then picked up a blaster and placed it against Tom's head.
The sound of a blaster echoed in the hallway. Tom noticed he was still alive as the man holding the blaster fell. The droideka rolled over to Tom and seemed to give him a wink. The rest of the group hurried to the scene and congratulated Tom. Gotthelm noticed a datacard on the floor. He picked it up and put it in his datapad. "This virus is very important in the elimination of droids and the rebels that use them. I have given Consulate Topi Tulon control of this mission,. but he is ill so you will take over. This virus is created by Tulon and causes droids to cease functioning; some droids also suffer memory losses after. -MB" The group ran to the droid resistance to alert them of the new information.
Geeardee exclaims, "You must go after Consulate Topi Tulon, he may have more copies of the virus!" The group then rushed to the Consulate's office.
The Consulate quickly keyed a sequence in on his computer. "What are you trying to do?" he asked.
Kerisskus walked into the room with some members of the planetary police force. "We have proof that you made a virus that planned to disrupt the droids on the planet. The police is here to put you under arrest."
"Hahahahahaha, you can't get me!" He pulled an ID out from his desk, "I'm a diplomat here from Juklin, I am not only protected by the many stormtroopers behind me, but by something called diplomatic immunity. Now if you excuse me, I'll be going now." Tulon quickly ran out of the building and to a private diplomatic vessel and left the planet.

The Trevuran Incident was meant to tie up some strings and is the fourth adventure in our campaign. It was played in June of 2004. To see the other adventures, please go to the Campaign History section of the site.

Relevant Wookiepedia Articles
Trevura

Happy New Year!

2006-01-01T12:31:00.000-05:00

It is 2006 now across the globe!
We have had many visitors to the site and even though I slacked this past week, Star Wars Roleplaying Resources is still the most updated Star Wars roleplaying site on the internet!

With that said, I would like to restate somethings said in the first few posts, that newer visitors may not have read.

I strongly urge everyone to submit to this site. Submissions are posted on Submission Saturday.
Also, it is a lot of work to run this site and try to get an article up every weekday. I really need team members. Blogger has a way where multiple people can post articles on the same blog. If you are interested in becoming a team member, please email me. If you want to be a team member it would be great if you could contribute an article once a week (on the same day preferably.) If you are a GM, you probably made enough different things that you could have weekly articles for a long time.

So Happy New Year!

A Damsel in Distress

2005-12-31T18:47:00.000-05:00

A Damsel in Distress

Antonio Skysprinter, Gotthelm, Spam, and Ireak Tal'ra were flying away from Trevura in their ship, The Corvette. Suddenly, the saw a message coming through to their ship.
"How did you guys do?" Yoko Tosh asked them.
"We ran into some problems," Spam began.
"Yeah, there were stormtroopers with weird rifles, and then there was Fannin..." Gotthelm continued. Gotthelm then continued to tell the story of Fannin's demise.
"Well, get the astromech over here to send us the information." Yoko commanded. The astromech unit wheeled over to a computer station and hooked up.
Another incoming message came up, "Attention all Rebel Ships in the Trevura, Bilbringi, or other nearby Inner Rim systems. We need a ship to go to the Tiro Asteroid Field to recover a ship or salvage one there. There is vital information on board."
"This is the Kicking Calamari, we're not risking our ship in an asteroid field."
"This is the Mynock Sun, a bunch of TIE fighters have our attention at the moment."
Gotthelm's finger closed in on the "talk" button on the dashboard. "This is Gotthelm with The Corvette. We are only an hour away in hyperspace. We'll be there."
"Very well. Thank you Corvette."
After quickly calculating the jump, Antonio brought the ship into hyperspace.

Supposedly, an Alliance frigate was going to stage an attack on a star destroyer to provide a distraction. The hyperspace alarm began to sound and the star lines of hyperspace disappeared. Ireak Tal'ra took a seat at the sensor station, scanning the area. The bothan was concentrating on the viewscreen. "I've got something!" The Bothan exclaimed. "There is a low frequency distress signal coming from over there," He said as he pointed in a direction.
Antonio piloted the ship towards the signal. The signal lead them to an asteroid with a deep narrow cave. The lights from the ship lit up the ship they were searching for. "The Stellar Damsel," Ireak said, "It looks like if we are going to rescue a damsel in distress." Everyone except Spam laughed. "Apparently it doesn't translate into whatever language the little animal speaks then." Although Spam may not have gotten the joke, he understood the second sentence perfectly and scraped Ireak's leg with a nearby spear.
"Stop it guys, we need to rescue the 'damsel in distress,' remember?" The Mon Calamari said. He began to open his mouth to say something else but he was interrupted by a shaking of the ship. They all looked outside to see what was going on. A flock of shadowy beings swarmed the outside of the ship. "Mynocks," Antonio said. Spam quickly ran to one of the laser cannons and shot a few shots. Many of the mynocks disintegrated, but a few remained and attached themselves to the ship.
Gotthelm walked over to the food preparation station and got four straws. "Who ever draws the short straw goes outside." Each took their straw and then measured. They found that the smallest of the group, Spam, had received the smallest straw. Spam crawled into a spacesuit and went outside with a blaster pistol. He blew up the two mynocks and then floated over to the other ship and entered through the airlock.
Spam came into contact with the rest of his group with a comlink. "Their docking port is damaged. They need to transfer by coming in with spacesuits into our airlock." The first group is already on their way over. I'll come back to get the spacesuits and bring them to the last group."
The second half of the crew had finished putting on their suits when the ship rocked again.
"Spacetroopers," Antonio said to all on board The Corvette and on the comlink. Spam hurried the remaining crew members to The Corvette. Gotthelm took to the firing the ship's weapons. The laser cannon of the ship overwhelmed two of the spacetroopers. One managed to land on the ship and another was just hovering in space, firing at the ship. Once Spam had gotten all of the Damsel's crew members on board, Antonio fired the engines. He rammed the ship into the hovering spacetrooper, and carefully maneuvered the ship to scrape the spacetrooper who was on the ship, off. This maneuver was costly and scraped the top of the ship so hard, everyone on board thought they would die. "We're gonna need a new paint job," Antonio said.
"The asteroid is coming apart! Make this ship go faster!" The Bothan proclaimed.
As the ship exited the asteroid, they noticed a small group of TIE fighters approaching. Ireak and Spam began to calculate the hyperspace coordinates, Antonio continued to out maneuver the approaching ships, and Gotthelm ran to the laser cannon turret on the top of the ship. He began to fire, but noticed it wasn't firing. "Antonio, you scraped the weapons when you got rid of the Spacetrooper!" He yelled.
Antonio continued to pilot the ship and was anxiously awaiting the completion of the hyperspace coordinates. The ship was taking a constant beating of laser hits. Finally, Ireak ran to the hyperspace computer with the coordinates and began to type them in. "Faster Ireak, faster. A few more hits and we will be back into the stars in which we came from," Antonio said.
"Done! Hit it!" Ireak said.
Antonio Skysprinter pushed the hyperspace lever forwards. The ship jumped into hyperspace.

After a few hours in hyperspace the ship emerged in Besbrilldra. The group escorted the crew of the Stellar Damsel to their cell location, Yoko Tosh's house. The group rested a few days, while the captain of the Damsel and Yoko exchanged information. Soon the crew was picked up from the planet and Yoko was prepared to deliver them some news that would lead to yet another mission.

A Damsel in Distress was the third adventure in our campaign. It was played in May of 2004. To see the other adventures, please visit our Campaign History.

Trevuran Testing

2005-12-29T16:16:00.000-05:00

Trevuran Testing

Spam and Gotthelm had looked forward to the day when they could once again meet Renci Tosh. They had finally left Ord Mantell and were now headed to the planet that Renci would meet them at. Renci had said that she would set them up in the rebellion. Most non-humans were eager to join the rebellion, hoping for more rights. Spam and Gotthelm were no different. The ship they were on landed on Besbrilldra wihtout any setbacks. They hopped into a hovercab and went to the Drowsy Drall Cantina.
As they stepped out of the hovercab, Renci Tosh ran up to Spam and rubbed his furry head, and shook Gotthelm's hand. She then turned and said, "This is Fannin, Ireak, and Antonio," Acknowledging the Zabrak, Bothan, and Human. "Follow me." Renci walked to a hovercab and beckoned the team to go inside. Five minutes later they arrived at a small house.
A man welcomed them in. "Welcome to our cell. I am Yoko Tosh. Renci considers you loyal and we have given you a mission. We need you to escort this astromech droid to Trevura, where it will confer with the rebel cell there. By the way, you'll need a ship." He reached into his pockets and grabbed a set of keys. "Here are the keys to the Corvette. I'm sure you'll find that she suits your needs quite well."
It didn't take long for the group to reach Trevura. When they arrived, they were still wondering why they were sent to this planet. As they walked about the streets following the droid, they were approached by a pair of stormtroopers. "There are rogue droids among us. May we search your droid?"
"We just arrived on planet. This is not the droid you're looking for," Gotthelm said to the stormtroopers.
"We must search your droid," The stormtroopers repeated. They switched a dial on their blaster rifle and aimed at the droid.
Antonio Skysprinter whipped his heavy blaster pistol from its holdster and quickly fired at one of the stormtroopers, hitting one in the center of its chest. Spam followed suit with his blaster pistol, but the shot seemed to bounce of the armor. Gotthelm drew his lightsaber and ignited it, swinging with all of his power at one of the stormtroopers. The stormtrooper ducked, but Gotthelm got him on the backswing. Ireak Tal'ra pulled out his two blaster pistols and shot them at the final stormtrooper. "It looks like diplomacy wins again," He said, rolling his eyes.
Gotthelm was intrigued by the stormtroopers weapon. It seemed to have an extra function on it besides the normal "stun" and "kill." He said, "Hey, look at this." Gotthelm showed the group the mysterious "Inhibit" setting. Fannin picked up the other rifle and handed it to Antonio.
Suddenly, a blue tinted 3PO droid approached the group. It spoke to Ireak in Bothese. "Pardon my intrusion, sirs. I am T-3PO, a translator droid. My master couldn't help but notice that you have aquired some quite unusual firearms. He has asked me to transport you to our location where he can purchase them from you." Ireak translated the message to the rest of the group and then nodded in agreement.
They followed the droid to a run down garage. An ASP labor droid said, "I heard that you have run into a few interesting possessions. I collect guns and wish to add the interesting guns you have to my collection."
"What do you want the guns for?" Spam asked, with a Basic translation provided by his MTD droid.
"As I said I am a collector. I currently have those guns in my crosshairs of desire. I am an assassin working for the Droid Resistance here on the planet. I will only be here for a few more days and want to make the purchase now." The Labor droid then introduced himself has Essar, and pulled 600 credits from a cavity in his chest. "Now, would you like to sell those guns or..."
Essar was interupted by a large explosion. The door to the garage blew off its hinges and half a dozen stormtroopers filed into the building. Essar produced some stun grenades from inside another chest cavity and began hurling them at the stormtroopers. Spam drew his blaster pistol and nailed a stormtrooper in the helmet. In a matter of seconds all the stormtroopers were knocked out by blaster fire or the stun grenades. Essar once again popped the question, "More stormtroopers will be here soon. Here is the credits. Please let me have the guns."
Fannin grabbed the guns and gave them to Essar. Essar tossed the credits to Fannin and then the group departed to follow the astromech once more. The droid reached the rebel cell and information was poured into its databanks. The group quickly headed to the spaceport to leave.
Before they left, Fannin went to use the 'fresher in the spaceport. While sitting in the 'fresher, one of his thermal detonators exploded. To this day it is still unknown if Fannin commited suicide or if he was just playing with a thermal detonator and he accidently set it. An eyewitness said that he heard someone shout. 'This just isn't fun anymore,' but it is an unconfirmed report. The group quickly mourned his loss and set out to space on their transport, the Corvette.

RIP
Fannin the Zabrak
Fannin took on the life of a soldier. Ready to fight for the rebellion. Unfortunatly a thermal detonator explosion blocked his path to glory. May he rest in peace and become one with the force.
Fannin, Zabrak Soldier (Oliver)

Trevuran Testing is the second adventure in our campaign. It was played in May of 2004. To see the other adventures, please visit the Campaign History section of this site.

A small apology for not updating the site this week. With the holidays and an overwhelming amount of school projects. It has been hard to commit time to post something. I will try to post some other stuff before the end of the week, but we will be back on schedule for 2006!

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Fakiighshe

2005-12-21T19:11:00.000-05:00

The Fakiighshe is a nocturnal scavenger unique to Dnalkowe. It is a tiny, slimy creature that inhabits the planet's many marshes. The Fakiighshe is a popular food among the natives of the planet, but it is often hard to catch because of its small size and nocturnal habits.

Species Traits
Low-Light Vision- The Fakiighshe can see twice as far as normal in poor lighting situations. The Fakiighshe can still distinguish colors, even in dim light.

Fakiighshe: Scavenger 4; Init +9 (+5 Dex, +4 Improved Initiative); Defense 19 (+2 natural, +5 Dex, +2 Size); Spd 14m; VP/WP 14/15; Atk -1 melee (1d3, bite) or +8 ranged; SQ Low-Light Vision; SV Fort +4, Ref +6, Will +0, SZ Tiny; Str -3; Dex 20; Con 10; Int 3; Wis 8; Cha 1.
Skills: Hide +11, Listen +1, Move Silently +7, Survival +5.
Feats: Improved Initiative.

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Fried Fakiighshe (Food)
Cost: 3 Credits
Profession (Cook) DC: DC 15
Game Rules: +3 Vitality Points are restored during the next hour.
Time: Fried Fakiishshe takes 15 minutes to cook.

The Fakiighshe is a delicious meat, and when it is fried, it tastes excellent. Some complain that it is slightly dry.

From the Pantry: Stuffed Koba

2005-12-20T19:54:00.000-05:00

Stuffed Koba

Stuffed Koba (Food)
Cost: 4 credits
Profession (Cook) DC: DC 12
Game Rules: Brain food: Make a Constitution check at DC 12, if the roll is passed add 1 brain food point to the charachter who consumed the item. A character may only earn 1 brain food point a day. A charachter may trade in 75 brain food points to add 1 to either the charachter's Intelligence or Wisdom.
Time: Stuffed Koba takes 10 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.

Stuffed Koba is a light orange, cylindrical fish product. It is served throughout the galaxy and is popular as well.

Rendezvous at Ord Mantell

2005-12-19T15:07:00.000-05:00

Rendevous at Ord Mantell

Spam was an ewok. The galaxy didn't yet know of his species existence, but he existed. One day a spice smuggler had landed on the forest moon of Endor. Spam was fascinated by the ship and crawled on board. The smuggler landed on Ord Mantell and Spam had lived on planet ever since.
Gotthelm was searching. He enjoyed history when he lived on Mon Calamari and remembered stories that the elders told of Jedi. Gotthelm had strange sensations and thought that he might be a Jedi. One night, in a dream, a Jedi came to him and told him to travel to Ord Mantell.

Spam and Gotthelm were sitting next to each other at Qexi's, the local cantina. They were beginning to get acquainted. Gotthelm was interested of the little unknown creature and Spam always enjoyed company. There was a mixture of species in the bar that day. However it was a human who attracted the attention of Spam and Gotthelm. She was wearing ruined expensive clothes. The woman was interested in the little teddy bear of a creature as well and sat next to Gotthelm and Spam. "Interested in helping out a girl in trouble?" she asked them with a smile.
Spam and Gotthelm were intrigued by the girl. Spam was anxious to do anything and Gotthelm was taught good manners, so they agreed to help her.
"Why not," Gotthelm told her.
"I am a new visitor to this world, and I seem to have fallen afoul to the local crime element. I could use some help getting back to my ship. I can't pay you anything right now -- I have no credits on me -- but I can promise a reward when we get to my ship."
Although Gotthelm was on planet searching for a Jedi, the smell of credits was even stronger.
"If you're interested, we need to get started right away. Can you help me?"
"Of course we'd help," Spam said throughout his translator droid.
"I need to get to my Z-95 headhunter. It's a few days away."
Suddenly, two humans grabbed the woman and started to drag her outside. She screamed.
Gotthelm drew a blaster pistol and took a shot at one of the humans. The human fell clutching his arm. The other human, dropped the woman and ran off.
"Thank you. Those are the guys who are after me. Let's get out of here."
They walked for three days through the wilderness. The woman had told Spam and Gotthelm that her name was Renci Tosh. They ran into many setbacks. A Mantellian Savrip decided to make Spam its meal one night. Fortunately they were saved by the gun of a Savrip hunter. Even a bounty hunter happened upon the group, and tried to capture them. After a long hike, they came to the clearing where Renci claimed to crash her starfighter. There was a small crater proving her story, but the ship was gone. "Would you believe it was here before I ran into you?" Spam had spent a lot of time in the woods and found a set of animal tracks leading away from the crash site. They again spent a day following the tracks through the woods.
After a day of walking, they emerged in front of a mesa. Spam's great eyes say a stairs wrapping their way up the mesa. The group followed him. Halfway up the stars, they were ambushed by two humans. Gotthelm shot one with a blaster pistol a few times. Spam used a spear to stab the second.
Once they reached the top of the stairs, they saw the starfighter. Unfortunately, some raiders on the top of the mesa saw them. The group easily dispatched them as well. It only took a few minutes to repair the starfighter, but the repair work was interrupted by the arrival of Yarroq. Yarroq was a large Trandoshan who used the mesa as his hideout. He was accompanied by two human raiders. Yarroq immediately pulled out his heavy blaster pistol and began firing at the group. Renci, Spam, and Gotthelm fought bravely and took Yarroq and his henchmen down.
The starfighter was eventually repaired. "Well, here is your payment," Renci said with a sigh. "You've handled yourselves pretty well in the last few days. I must admit, I wasn't completely honest with you. In addition to being an explorer, I also occasionally recruit help for some of my friends who are looking for some new recruits. Have either of you heard of the Rebellion?"
Gotthelm's eyes widened at the mentioning of the Rebellion. Spam had a confused look on his face. Obviously, something had gotten lost in translation.
Renci continued, "We're still fairly secretive and quiet, but we're growing in size everyday. If your interested, I can introduce you to some powerful people in my cell. Just swing by Besbrilldra sometime. I'd like to see you again." Renci Tosh jumped into the cockpit and prepared to take off. Just before leaving, she gave Gotthelm and Spam a wink and smile.
After she took off a man approached Gotthelm. The man said, "You must be Gotthelm. I'm Cliff Daley, the Jedi you are looking for. If you are looking to be a Jedi, you must carry a lightsaber." Cliff tossed a lightsaber to Gotthelm. As soon as Gotthelm ignited the lightsaber, Cliff clutched his chest. There was a shimmer from another cliff. Snipers. "Trust the actions in your heart, and you'll be fine. Go on, you must live to see tomorrow. The galaxy is counting on you."

Rendevous at Ord Mantell is the first mission in our campaign. Click here to visit the campaign home page, which will feature similar write ups to all missions.

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The Tetzenorial Troop Transport

2005-12-17T07:32:00.000-05:00

Tom Skysprinter was a criminal mastermind during the rebellion. He bought droids, programmed them to steal ships, and then sold the ships. When he was caught he had millions of droids. Before he was caught, he hid all of his trillions of credits. The ISB jailed him for a short period. When Tom came back, he retrieved his money and made an armada.

The Tetzenorial Troop Transport was built after the Tetzenorial Mothership, Gunship, and Starfighter. Its sole purpose was to drop 1 million battle droids at the site of a battle if necessary. The battle droids are crammed into the large cargo hold of the ship.

Tetzenorial Troop Transport: Craft: Tetzenorial Troop Transport; Class: Medium Transport; Cost 4.1 million credits; Size: Medium (99.9m); Crew: 5 (Normal +2); Passengers 4; Cargo Capacity: 100000mt; Consumables: 1 week; Hyperdrive: 2x, Backup Hyperdrive x12; Maximum Speed: Attack; Defense: 20 (+10 armor); Shield Points/Hull Points: 120/360; DR: 30. Initiative: +2 (+2 crew); Maneuver: +2 (+2 crew).
Weapon: Concussion Missile Launcher (15, 16 each); Fire Arc: 6 front, 3 right, 3 left, 3 rear; Damage: 9d10x2; Range Modifiers: PB +0 S/M/L N/A; Missile Quality: Amazing (+20).

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Mon Calamari Poseidon II-Class Cruiser

2005-12-17T07:30:00.000-05:00

Although the original Poseidon Cruiser was a flop to most of the galaxy. Gotthelm liked the design, but saw room for improvement. He hired Mon Calamari shipyards to produce the Poseidon II for him. The main attraction of the Poseidon II is the Super Fission Cannon. The Super Fission Cannon is a normal turbolaser...for a space station. The Super Fission Cannon was slightly modified to fit on a capital ship. It also features more guns than the original Poseidon as well as better ion engines and shield generators. The missile launchers were also dropped from the design.

Mon Calamari Poseidon II-Class Cruiser: Craft: Mon Calamari Poseidon II Class Cruiser; Class: Capital; Cost 12.56 million credits; Size: Huge (454m); Crew: 65 (Normal +2); Passengers 1500; Cargo Capacity: 5000mt; Consumables: 3 months; Hyperdrive: 2x, Backup Hyperdrive x12; Maximum Speed: Attack; Defense: 18 (-2 size, +10 armor); Shield Points/Hull Points: 200/600; DR: 40. Initiative: +0 (-2 size, +2 crew); Maneuver: +0 (-2 size, +2 crew).
Weapon: Super Fission Cannon (1); Fire Arc: Front; Attack Bonus: +2 (-2 Size, +4 Fire Control) Damage: 5d10x10; Range Modifiers: PB -6, S -4, M -2, L -0.
Weapon: Turbolaser (25); Fire Arc: 2 Batteries Front, 1Battery Left, 1 Battery Right, 1 Battery Rear; Attack Bonus: +6 (-2 Size, +4 Fire Bonus, +4 Battery Fire) Damage: 7d10x5; Range Modifiers: PB +0, S +0, M +0, L +0.

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Slug-Proof

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CEC Camry 720

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From the Pantry: Alvisa

Haldin Eldu

Munjo's Crown of Kings

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Senant Lambada Starfighter

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FreiTech Planetary Defense Starfighter

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Gotthelm

From the Pantry: Ahrisa

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Spam

Senator Sidewalk Shooting Investigation

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